Column newsletter

Create newsletter-style columns

Text in newsletter-style columns flows from one column to the next on the same page.

Switch to print layout view.

Select the text you want to format in columns:

An entire document

On the Edit menu, click Select All.

Part of the document

Select the text.

Existing sections

Click in a section or select multiple sections.

On the Standard toolbar, click Columns .

Drag to select the number of columns you want.

Create a table

Microsoft Word offers a number of ways to make a table. The best way depends on how you like to work, and on how simple or complex the table needs to be.

Click where you want to create a table.

Click Insert Table on the Standard toolbar.

Drag to select the number of rows and columns you want.

You can also do any of the following:

Use this procedure to make choices about the table dimensions and format before the table is inserted into a document.

Click where you want to create a table.
On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Table.
Under Table size, select the number of columns and rows.
Under AutoFit behavior, choose options to adjust table size.
To use a built-in table format, click AutoFormat.

Select the options you want.

You can draw a complex table — for example, one that contains cells of different heights or a varying number of columns per row.

Click where you want to create the table.
On the Table menu, click Draw Table.
The Tables and Borders toolbar appears, and the pointer changes to a pencil.
To define the outer table boundaries, draw a rectangle. Then draw the column and row lines inside the rectangle.
To erase a line or block of lines, click Eraser on the Tables and Borders toolbar, and then click the line you want to erase.
When you finish creating the table, click a cell and start typing or insert a graphic.

Note Hold down CTRL to automatically apply text wrapping while you draw the table.

Add a cell, row, or column to a table

Select the same number of cells, rows, or columns as the number of rows or columns you want to insert.

How?

Some parts of a table can only be seen if you display all formatting marks by clicking Show/Hide on the Standard toolbar.

To select:

A cell: Click the left edge of the cell.
A row: Click to the left of the row.
A column: Click the column's top gridline or border.
Multiple cells, rows, or columns: Drag across the cell, row, or column.; Or select multiple items that are not necessarily in order. Click the first cell, row, or column you want, press CTRL, and then click the next cells, rows, or columns you want.
Text in the next cell: Press TAB.
Text in the previous cell: Press SHIFT+TAB
The entire table: Click the table move handle, or drag over the entire table.

Note You can also select rows, columns, or the entire table by clicking in the table and then using the Select commands on the Table menu, or by using keyboard shortcuts.

On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click an option.

You can also use the Draw Table tool to draw the row or column where you want.
To quickly add a row at the end of a table, click the last cell of the last row, and then press the TAB key.
To add a column to the right of the last column in a table, click in the last column. On the Table menu, point to Insert, and then click Columns to the Right.