Assuming these are newspaper-style columns (and not table columns), you have
to either fill one column or insert a column break (Ctrl+Shift+Enter). In
some cases this may indicate that what you really need is a table.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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