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columns are a great way to present
certain types of information like lists
and news articles not only can they
improve readability 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 in the columns it would fill this
space and we'd be able to fit more
information on the page to get started
select the text that you want to format
then go to the page 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 and 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
example you can adjust the layout using
the indent markers here you can also
open the more columns dialog box
and fine-tuned 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 just start by selecting your
columns next click 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 and press
Delete a couple of times 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