Columns in a text box

[linda]

How can I put columns in a text box or in an auto shape? I want to put
columned text on a white background over a colored backdrop.

 

[Stefan Blom]

In Word, you cannot specify newspaper columns for text boxes or AutoShapes.
What you can do is use a two-column table in the text box. Alternatively,
place two text boxes side by side and link them, so that text flows from one
box to the next.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Stefan says, you can't have snaking columns in a text box. Why not just
add white shading to your columnar text instead of putting it in a text box.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[linda]

This worked great! Thank you so much. I made a large color-filled rectangle
in back of two text boxes and linked the text boxes. The text "snakes" just
fine and I have the design effect I wanted. Thanks for your help!

 

[linda]

Thanks for replying. The difficulty is in how to get the colored background
behind the text.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can put the colored background in a text box or AutoShape with Behind
Text wrapping or use Format | Background if you have a version in which
backgrounds can be printed. This is essentially what you did with your
"large color-filled rectangle."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org