Dear expert,
I'm an editor of a learned journal. Often I have to spend lot of time in
leveling up the base line of two columns at the ends of every page and every
section. What I did was to modify the spacing by adjusting the number of
line before and after a paragraph, or other similar approaches. The thing is
that the manipulation was hard to control and it automatically "jumps".
Could any know better way to do so? Is there any function in the Word? BTW,
I use MS Office 2000.
Thanks a lot! Roger

Re: How to level up columns? by Jay

Jay
Sun Dec 17 20:21:35 CST 2006

Yes, there is a better way. Insert a continuous section break at the
end of the multi-column material, and Word will automatically balance
the columns (as best it can -- it might be off by a line or two).

You should also read
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm.

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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:51:42 +0800, "Roger" <zyyu@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Dear expert,
>I'm an editor of a learned journal. Often I have to spend lot of time in
>leveling up the base line of two columns at the ends of every page and every
>section. What I did was to modify the spacing by adjusting the number of
>line before and after a paragraph, or other similar approaches. The thing is
>that the manipulation was hard to control and it automatically "jumps".
>Could any know better way to do so? Is there any function in the Word? BTW,
>I use MS Office 2000.
>Thanks a lot! Roger
>

Re: How to level up columns? by Terry

Terry
Mon Dec 18 06:45:29 CST 2006

May as well mention that under Tools, Options, Compatibility, this can be
turned off - so if it doesn't work, check the option.

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"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Yes, there is a better way. Insert a continuous section break at the
> end of the multi-column material, and Word will automatically balance
> the columns (as best it can -- it might be off by a line or two).
>
> You should also read
> http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:51:42 +0800, "Roger" <zyyu@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Dear expert,
>>I'm an editor of a learned journal. Often I have to spend lot of time in
>>leveling up the base line of two columns at the ends of every page and
>>every
>>section. What I did was to modify the spacing by adjusting the number of
>>line before and after a paragraph, or other similar approaches. The thing
>>is
>>that the manipulation was hard to control and it automatically "jumps".
>>Could any know better way to do so? Is there any function in the Word?
>>BTW,
>>I use MS Office 2000.
>>Thanks a lot! Roger
>>