Bulleted list into colums

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I have a bulleted list of 8 items in the middle of a document on Word 2003. I want to make it into 2 lists of 4 in side-by-side columns. When I select the text and use the "columns" button the whole list is moved into one column and I cannot type in the othercolumn. I had no problem doing this in Word 2000. Has something changed? How do I fix this?

 

[Stefan Blom]

You need to insert a column break at the location where you want
to "start using" the second column (Insert > Break, select Column
break, and click OK). However, it seems as though you really need
a two-column table. You can use Format>Borders and Shading to get
rid of the table borders, if you don't like them.

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Stefan Blom

I have a bulleted list of 8 items in the middle of a document

on Word 2003. I want to make it into 2 lists of 4 in side-by-side
columns. When I select the text and use the "columns" button the
whole list is moved into one column and I cannot type in the
othercolumn. I had no problem doing this in Word 2000. Has
something changed? How do I fix this?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Stefan says, you can insert a column break, but Word should be balancing
the columns automatically if you have a Continuous section break at the end
of the multi-column section. If not, look at Tools | Options | Compatibility
and make sure that "Don't balance columns for Continuous section start" is
not checked.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I have a bulleted list of 8 items in the middle of a document on Word

2003. I want to make it into 2 lists of 4 in side-by-side columns. When I
select the text and use the "columns" button the whole list is moved into
one column and I cannot type in the othercolumn. I had no problem doing this
in Word 2000. Has something changed? How do I fix this?