Column break adds a line

[Dano O'D]

I have a document set up with four columns on a landscape page. Each of the
columns has a table in it that stretches almost the entire length of the
column. At the bottom of each table, I am trying to insert a Column Break so
I do not have to keep entering blank lines to go to the top of the next
column.

When I add the column break, Word adds a blank line at the top of the next
column before the table. When I try to delete the blank line, it deletes my
column break and the second table goes back into the first table's column.
But without deleting the line, the top of my tables does not line up (see
representation of columns below).

table line
table table
table table
table table

Is there a way to enter a column break without this line being put in
automatically or is there a way to delete this line so my tables will be
justified correctly across the top of the page?

Thank you for any assistance.

Dan

 

[Bill Foley]

I have a recommendation for you. Unless you are using columns for a
newspaper-type flow of text, you will find it much easier to use a
four-column table with as many rows as you need. If you start using tables,
you will also want to use the "Tables and Borders" toolbar. Once your table
is created, select the entire table and click the "Borders" dropdown arrow
and select "No Border". You should still see gridlines separating your rows
and cells. if not, click the "Tables" menu and click "Show Gridlines".

As an alternative to the above you can click on your ruler and add the
desired TABs to the first row, type in your data by TAB'ing to the next
column. At the end of your fourth row of data press ENTER. The TAB
settings will follow for subsequent rows of data.

Hope this helps!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

When you insert a column break, you are splitting the table, and there must
be an empty paragraph between the two tables. Instead of inserting a column
break, format several rows of the table as "Keep with next" (enough rows to
move the rest of the table into the next column). Also, note that if you are
just trying to balance the columns, adding a Continuous section break after
the multi-column section will do this.