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Word - 2 columns several sections
Hi,
I have a document that has a page being split into three parts but each part has 2 columns layout design. The layout looks like below screenshot. Everything is in 1 page.
Should I be using column breaks or section breaks continuous?
For a single page layout like that, I would mimic newspaper columns by using a table with the appropriate number of rows and columns. The downside is that you may have to manually move text paragraphs during editing, but that won't cause much extra work in a single-page document.
If you want to create true columnar sections, you'd need two continuous section breaks on the page.
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Your screen shot suggests a table, or possibly an embedded Excel range.
Could you make a larger screen shot which captures the whole document page? It would provide more clues as to what you are dealing with, specifically.
Generally, column breaks and section breaks should only be inserted when you actually need them.
Hi,
I used excel to illustrate what I want the document to look like. It does not mean it will be an excel embedded.
Basically, my WORD document page will have comprise of three sections of TEXT. All the three sections will be using 2 columns layout. All the three sections will fit into 1 page of word document sharing the same header/footer, page orientation and margins.
First section - Chapter 1 - 2 columns of text only relating to Chapter 1
Second section - Chapter 2 - 2 columns of text only relating to Chapter 2
Third section - Chapter 3 - 2 columns of text. only relating to Chapter 3
For a single page layout like that, I would mimic newspaper columns by using a table with the appropriate number of rows and columns. The downside is that you may have to manually move text paragraphs during editing, but that won't cause much extra work in a single-page document.
If you want to create true columnar sections, you'd need two continuous section breaks on the page.
