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Columns are used in many different documents
such as newspapers, magazines, academic journals,

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and often in newsletters.
Columns are a great tool that allows you to

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arrange text in interesting ways.
Before we get started formatting this newsletter

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with columns, I'm going to add a little more
space between my title and the main body of

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the newsletter and change my font a bit.
I want all of my article titles to be red.

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If I want to change the rest of the titles,
I can just select the text that is formatted

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the way I want, click the Format Painter command
on the Home tab, and then select the text

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I want to change.
Format Painter is a quick way to make changes

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like this easily.
Now, let's add some columns to this document.

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I think these last three articles would look
good formatted into columns.

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It will really help to set the top article
apart and draw attention to it.

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To add columns, select the text you want to
format.

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Select the Page Layout tab, and left-click
the Columns command.

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Select the number of columns you would like.
I think 2 will look good, so I'll just click

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it and the columns appear in my document.
This looks pretty good.

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Now, let's click the Show/Hide command on
the Home tab just so we can see our paragraph

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marks and section breaks.
As you start tweaking your document a bit,

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turning this feature on and off can be helpful.
You may also want to make sure your ruler

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is turned on.
I think I want to add a little something at

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the top of my newsletter to help divide this
first article from the rest and really emphasize

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it.
I think a border around this title will look

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really good.
Now, I could use the Borders command, but

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this only allows me to use straight lines
or BorderArt.

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What I'd like to do is insert a shape that
will create a border around this section.

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I think a rounded rectangle will look good.
It will match the rounded corners on my picture.

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Now, you may be wondering...
Where did my text and image go? Don't worry!

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It's still there.
It's just hidden.

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By default, the shape appears over everything
else in the document area.

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What we need to do is change the order of
our shape, text, and image.

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This just means we're going to change what
appears on top, or how the items are layered.

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Just right-click the shape and in the menu
that appears, select Order.

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See all the choices? If I select Bring to
Front, this shape will stay at the front,

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that's not what I want.
In this case, I need to select Send Behind

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Text.
This will make it so my text and image are

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displayed on top of the shape.
Let me just resize the shape a bit.

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As you can see, ordering is a great feature,
especially when dealing with shapes and images

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that you may need to layer on top of each
other to create the look you want in your

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document.
You may want to give it a try in this document,

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or open a blank document and really play around
with how you can order various items like

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text, shapes, clip art, and more.
Have fun!