In Word, you can add newsletter style columns to a document. If you’d like to add a vertical line between the columns, open the Columns dialog box.
- Choose Page Layout > Columns. At the bottom of the list, choose More Columns.
- In the Columns dialog box, select the check box next to Line between.
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Notes:
- You can also use the Columns dialog box to adjust the column width and the spacing between columns.
- If your document has more than one section, the new layout will only be applied to the current section.
- Insert a column break to control how text flows between columns. For example, insert a column break to end a paragraph in one column and start a new paragraph at the top of the next column.
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Corralling information in a Microsoft Word document isn’t all about headers and paragraph formatting. You may find yourself needing to draw a line in the virtual sand, and with Word, all you need to do is tell it where and how. Word’s Shapes collection lets you make dividers not just in your pages, but for your pages as well. You’re able to draw divider lines throughout a document and use document pages to create dividers that you can cut out and use for organizing the office.
Dividing Your Page
1.Launch Word and open the document you want to divide. Scroll to the place on the page to place the divider. To add extra space for the divider, press the “Enter” key.
2.Click the “Insert” tab. Click the “Shapes” button on the ribbon and choose the “Line” option, the first one in the Lines subcategory.
3.Press and hold down the “Ctrl” key, which keeps your divider line straight. Position the cursor near the left margin under the place you want to divide. Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor to the right, drawing the divider. Release the mouse button and the “Ctrl” key.
4.Click the divider line once it appears. When the new Tools tab opens, click the “Shape Outline” menu on the ribbon. Here you can format the divider by making it thicker, changing its color and choosing a different line style.
Drawing a Divider
1.Launch Word and click the “Insert” tab. Click the “Shapes” button on the ribbon.
2.Click one of the options in the Basic Shapes subcategory to form the divider shape, such as Rounded Rectangle. The cursor changes to a plus symbol.
3.Position the cursor on the page, click and hold the left mouse button and drag until your divider is your preferred size. Release the mouse button.
4.Click the divider to open the Tools tab. Use the options on the ribbon to format the divider, such as filling it with color and changing its border color.
5.Click the “Add Text” button on the ribbon to type into the divider. This can be useful if you’re making multiple dividers to organize a filing system, for example.
6.Right-click the divider and choose “Copy.” Click off the divider, right-click and choose “Paste.” Reformat this divider copy to another style, such as changing its text and fill color. Continue to paste copies and format them for all the dividers you need.
Tip
- Instructions in this article apply to Microsoft Word 2013. Using them with earlier versions of the software may present several differences in the way functions appear and work throughout the software.
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