Columns Wrapping on last page

[C Kreig]

I am working with two columns in a document. On the last section is not that
long so it is splitting the text and putting a few sentences in one column
and a few in column two. How can I get the text to stay in the one column
(with current width) and not wrap to the second column? Keep with next text
and keep lines together under paragraph formatting is checked.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Text will move to the second column when the first is "full." You will have
to reduce the line spacing or font size (or both) if you want the text to
fit the first column.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This should not happen unless you have a Continuous section break below the
multi-column section, but I can attest that Word can be very bloody-minded
about this. My solution is to add one empty paragraph and then insert a
column break between it and the text in the first column.

Alternatively, since you've already applied "Keep with next" and "Keep lines
together," it might suffice to add an empty paragraph and disable "Keep with
next" on the preceding paragraph.

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