columns

[smartin]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I copied text from a column in Excel and inserted it in Word as a list. Everything copied fine. It came in as a table, but I converted it from table to text with paragraphs. I do have paragraphs in my Word document before and after this list.

My problem is that the list is long and covers 3 pages. I want to create it as a bulleted list in 2 columns. For some reason when I do this, Word automatically sticks in section breaks before and after the list. I have looked and looked through Word and in your forums to figure out how to get rid of the section breaks and can't seem to find any answers.

What do you suggest? (and thanks!)

 

[Elliott Roper]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I copied text from a column in Excel and inserted it in Word as a list.
Everything copied fine. It came in as a table, but I converted it from table
to text with paragraphs. I do have paragraphs in my Word document before and
after this list.

My problem is that the list is long and covers 3 pages. I want to create it
as a bulleted list in 2 columns. For some reason when I do this, Word
automatically sticks in section breaks before and after the list. I have
looked and looked through Word and in your forums to figure out how to get
rid of the section breaks and can't seem to find any answers.

What do you suggest? (and thanks!)

Learn to live with it. The number of columns is the property of a
section.
You can make the section breaks "continuous" where they pretend to be
invisible. As in no page break at the start. You might want to keep the
one at the start of the next section starting a new page to keep your
two column display looking pretty. I'm not sure about that though. Just
do the experiment.

 

[John McGhie]

Elliott is correct.

Just one added piece of information: if you want your columns to be of even
length ("balanced") the ending section break must be of type "Continuous".

So if you need a page break afterwards, you will need to follow that section
break with another of type "New Page" or whatever.

You would thus need three section breaks. But they don't print, so it's not
something you even have to think about unless you have to adjust the headers
and footers.

It is a good idea not to have "excess" section breaks in a document, because
they are fragile little beasties, each of which can present an opportunity
for document corruption. But anything less than 200 in a single file should
not cause problems if you handle them gently.

Cheers

Learn to live with it. The number of columns is the property of a
section.
You can make the section breaks "continuous" where they pretend to be
invisible. As in no page break at the start. You might want to keep the
one at the start of the next section starting a new page to keep your
two column display looking pretty. I'm not sure about that though. Just
do the experiment.

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