Problems with Columns in Word 2003

[Toby Briggs]

Hi there,

Am having problems with columns in word 2003.

What I am doing is an Itinerary in two columns, but on the last page,
the itinerary splits about 4 inches from the bottom of the page, and
carries on in the next column. Problem here is I want to be able for the
1st column to finish at the bottom of the page, and then continue at the
top of the 2nd and finish a few inches down. This then stops splitting a
date into two columns.

Is there anyway around this, as it's really annoying me!

TIA

Toby

 

[Stefan Blom]

If the major problem is that the parts of a date become separated, you
can fix that by replacing the ordinary spaces with nonbreaking ones.
For example, in "July 28, 2005" you would delete the space between
"July" and "28" and then insert a nonbreaking space by pressing
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR. (Repeat these steps for the other space.)

Other things to consider:

By default, Word balances columns before continuous section breaks.
(These are inserted if you format the selection in columns as opposed
to an entire document, or if you explicitly insert a continuous
section break after newspaper columns.) If you want to prevent this,
you can do the following: On the Tools menu, click Options. Click the
Compatibility tab. Check the option to "Don't balance columns for
Continuous section starts" and then click OK.

In addition, text formatting determines how much text fits in a
column. On the Format menu, click Paragraph. Click the Line and Page
Breaks tab. "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" might
both affect how much vertical space is left below the text of a
column.

For more about columns, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UsingColumns.htm

 

[Toby Briggs]

If the major problem is that the parts of a date become separated, you
can fix that by replacing the ordinary spaces with nonbreaking ones.
For example, in "July 28, 2005" you would delete the space between
"July" and "28" and then insert a nonbreaking space by pressing
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR. (Repeat these steps for the other space.)

Other things to consider:

By default, Word balances columns before continuous section breaks.
(These are inserted if you format the selection in columns as opposed
to an entire document, or if you explicitly insert a continuous
section break after newspaper columns.) If you want to prevent this,
you can do the following: On the Tools menu, click Options. Click the
Compatibility tab. Check the option to "Don't balance columns for
Continuous section starts" and then click OK.

In addition, text formatting determines how much text fits in a
column. On the Format menu, click Paragraph. Click the Line and Page
Breaks tab. "Keep lines together" and "Widow/Orphan control" might
both affect how much vertical space is left below the text of a
column.

For more about columns, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UsingColumns.htm

Many thanks Stefan - the "Don't balance columns for Continuous section
starts" was what I was looking for!

Much appreciated

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[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome.