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RI_Burns
Mar 09, 2020Copper Contributor
Parallel columns: text alignment for comparison purposes
Is it possible in Word to create parallel columns which do not continuously wrap all your text? What I mean is, parallel columns which are discontinuous for the purpose, lets say, for language learni...
Stefan_Blom
Mar 11, 2020MVP
In Word, the only option is to make use of a two-column table. Add a new row whenever appropriate.
- RI_BurnsMar 12, 2020Copper Contributor
Stefan_Blom but I need to print and bind a book from it in which opposing pages are same content in different versions so the reader can compare the versions. A table with two columns will print both columns on every page, right?
- Stefan_BlomMar 12, 2020MVP
RI_Burns As far as I can tell, the same problem would exist in any Word document, no matter if you are printing as a booklet or not. You can't make text on left hand and right hand pages flow independently of each other.
- hansleroyMar 12, 2020Iron Contributor
HiRI_Burns ,
I think you are looking for odd / even page breaks.
Consider this:
- you put the original text on the odd pages, the translated text on the even pages
- divide your text into chunks of something smaller than 1 - 3 pages
- and insert odd / ven page breaks.
Kind regards
Hans