lists side by side numbered

[Dennis Hansen]

I 'm using word 97

I would like to create a doc with one continuous list
in two columns using the auto numbering.

1. one 4. four
2. two 5. five
3. three 6. six

thank you very much
Denn1s

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Dennis Hansen > écrivait :
In this message, < Dennis Hansen > wrote:

|| I 'm using word 97
||
|| I would like to create a doc with one continuous list
|| in two columns using the auto numbering.
||
|| 1. one 4. four
|| 2. two 5. five
|| 3. three 6. six
||
|| thank you very much
|| Denn1s

2 quick ideas:

You can use a 2-column table (Table > Insert > Table...) with half the rows
you need for the total number of items...
or
Newspaper columns (Place the cursor, then from Format > Column... > 2 column
and make sure it says "From this point forward" at the bottom left and not
"The whole document"), then add a Column Break (Insert > Break...) at the
half way point. Finally, at the end of the list, repeat the above to return
to one column.

Good luck!
--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A table won't work unless the items are manually numbered because Word will
number across before it goes down, so you'll end up with

1. one 2. four
3. two 4. five
5. three 6. six

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Suzanne S. Barnhill > écrivait :
In this message, < Suzanne S. Barnhill > wrote:

|| A table won't work unless the items are manually numbered because Word
will
|| number across before it goes down, so you'll end up with
||
|| 1. one 2. four
|| 3. two 4. five
|| 5. three 6. six
||

That's right... I knew I had done it before though...
So your post made me think and then I remembered that what I had done was
set up two independent numbered list in the table, so I had:

1. one 1. one
3. two 2. two
5. three 3. three

Then I went ahead and did my editing. When I was done I just went to the top
of the second column and started the numbering at whatever the number
following the last number in the first column was...

Sloppy on my part... should have mentioned that in my original response..

Also, SEQ fields could be used... It would probably be easier with two set
of SEQ fields set as Autotext... But you would still have to go back at the
end and add an \r switch to start the numbering of the second column at the
number following the last number of the first column...

So all in all, snaking columns are easier... but not everyone likes to work
with them!

--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org