How to Make Part of Your Document into Columns in Word

Oct 8, 2020 ยท 1 minute read

Sometimes you need to create columns only for part of your document not for the whole document. for that you can follow these steps;

How to Make Part of Your Document into Columns in Word

1- Select the text which you want to place them into columns.

2- Click on Layout.

3- Click on the columns.

4- Microsoft Word create some preset choice for you, you can select each of them which you want.

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How to Make Part of Your Document into Custom Columns in Word

If you want to create custom columns for your document you can follow these steps;

1- Select the text which you want to place them into columns.

2- Click on Layout.

3- Click on the columns.

4- Click on More Columns…

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5- Specify the number of columns which you need for your text.

6- If you need line between columns you can select the “Line Between” Box.

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How to Create Unequal Columns in Word

7- If you want to create columns with different width you should;

  • Deselect the “Equal column width” box.

  • Specify your desired width and spacing for the columns in your selected text.

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8- In the Apply to part select “Selected sections”.

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