When you type text in Microsoft Word the text is displayed in a single column.

However if you prefer to display your text in 2, 3 or more columns like a newspaper or magazine, then Word has the tools available to help you achieve this.

You can define a column as being a block of text which had its own margins.

Word will "flow" the text from the bottom of one column to the top of the next.

You invoke the columns command by clicking Format on the menu followed by Columns

A dialogue box opens which will allow you to choose the number of columns you need
and you can also determine the width and spacing required

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