Newspaper columns: WordPerfect 5.1 did this amazingly easy - can Office/Word 2003?

[©®]

Years back I use WP5.1 and it had (three) options for columns.
The one I really liked was the one where your columns ended up like
this (copy between the --- and paste into text editor if the alignment
does not show correctly):

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Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Xx

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
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If the formatting does not align properly above, basically the longest
paragraph in eiether columns (or more, if there were say 4 columns)
would be the starting point of the next paragraph in.
AFAIK, all you had to do was press a certain keystroke combination and
it would do the job for you. I think it was mentioned you could do this
in Word by using a table. Is there an easier way, e.g. pressing
Ctrl+Enter or something like that, to enable this or are tables the only
way to achieve this?
Seems amazing that a DOS program years ago was so simple!
Thanks

 

[Cooz]

Dear ©®,

I am a little confused by your title, which says "Newspaper columns". You
create newspaper columns by Format | Columns... - _not_ by using tables.
Doesn't Format | Columns.. work for you?

Success,
Cooz

 

[Graham Mayor]

There are two types of column used in Word - snaking columns and tables.
What's so difficult about tables?

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you want newspaper-style (snaking) columns, then you use Format |
Columns. If you want the equivalent of WP's "parallel columns," then you
need to use a table. Start a new row when you need to "synch" the content.
For more on columns, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UsingColumns.htm. For more on tables,
see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/TableBasics.htm.