Goodwill Community Foundation creating
opportunities for a better life columns
are a great way to present certain types
of information like lists and news
articles not only can they make your
work easier to read they can also help
you get the most out of your page layout
in this document there's a lot of unused
space on the right if we formatted the
text into columns it would fill the
space and we'd also be able to fit more
content on the page to get started
select the text you want to format then
go to the Layout tab and click the
columns command here you can choose one
of the predefined styles like two or
three columns or you can click more to
access even more options in this example
we're going to choose two now our list
of contact info is displayed as two
separate columns but I'd really like the
leasing office section to start in the
second column to do that I'm going to
insert a column break column breaks work
a lot like page breaks just place your
cursor where you want the break to begin
then click the breaks command next
choose column from the menu and the text
will move to the top of the next column
there are several other ways that you
can customize columns in Word for
instance you can adjust the layout using
the indent markers here you can also
open the more columns dialog box and
fine-tune settings like the exact width
of each column and the amount of space
between them if you change your mind you
can easily remove the columns from your
document without deleting the text to
get started simply select your columns
next go back to the columns command and
this time choose one from the menu if
you had any column breaks you may need
to make some adjustments to return the
text to its original layout in this
example I'm going to place my cursor at
the end of the current section then
press the
lead a couple times and then press ENTER
to return the text to its own line as
you can see working with columns is easy
you just have to know how to customize
them using the column breaks feature and
the rest of the options word has to
offer
you