Balancing columns

I'm using Word 2000 on Windows ME.

Preparing a document with mixed text and columns.

I have numbers 2001 - 2045 which I want to put in 10 columns.

I would hope the result would be:

1st line of 10 entries across page
2nd line of 10 entries across page
3rd line of 10 entries across page
4th line of 10 entries across page
5th line of 5 entries across page

However I get 5 lines of 9 entries that in my opinion gives a poor finish to
document (Column 10 is empty!)

I know I can inserts manual column breaks, but wonder if I can get this
result by an easier method.

Thanks
Phil

Tonya
Sun Nov 16 07:33:50 CST 2003

Be sure non printing characters's (Ctrl + Shift + 8) are on and go to
the ¶ to the right of the very last number: Select
Insert/Break/Continuous and that should even up your columns.
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Crazy man wrote:
> I'm using Word 2000 on Windows ME.
>
> Preparing a document with mixed text and columns.
>
> I have numbers 2001 - 2045 which I want to put in 10 columns.
>
> I would hope the result would be:
>
> 1st line of 10 entries across page
> 2nd line of 10 entries across page
> 3rd line of 10 entries across page
> 4th line of 10 entries across page
> 5th line of 5 entries across page
>
> However I get 5 lines of 9 entries that in my opinion gives a poor finish to
> document (Column 10 is empty!)
>
> I know I can inserts manual column breaks, but wonder if I can get this
> result by an easier method.
>
> Thanks
> Phil
>
>

Crazy
Sun Nov 16 08:37:04 CST 2003

> Be sure non printing characters's (Ctrl + Shift + 8) are on and go to
> the ¶ to the right of the very last number: Select
> Insert/Break/Continuous and that should even up your columns.

No, same result, column 10 still empty!

Suzanne
Sun Nov 16 10:55:46 CST 2003

There's a Compatibility setting that might be relevant: Tools | Options |
Compatibility: "Don't balance columns for continuous section starts." Make
sure this isn't checked. If that isn't the problem, check on your paragraph
formatting to make sure that "Keep with next" or "Keep lines together" are
not a factor (and of course ascertain that there are not any column breaks).

But note that nothing you can do (short of inserting column breaks manually,
with Ctrl+Shift+Enter--and you will need them for *every* column) will give
the effect you want, since Word will always fill all columns as full as
possible. I would suggest that for the layout you're attempting, a 10-column
table would be more appropriate.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Crazy man" <alcoNOSPAM@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:bp822g$hj9$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> > Be sure non printing characters's (Ctrl + Shift + 8) are on and go to
> > the ¶ to the right of the very last number: Select
> > Insert/Break/Continuous and that should even up your columns.
>
> No, same result, column 10 still empty!
>
>

Crazy
Mon Nov 17 02:51:12 CST 2003

Thanks Suzanne, thought you would appear :-)

Shame Word doesn't have option to balance rows / or columns!

Phil

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23$58CSGrDHA.2692@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> There's a Compatibility setting that might be relevant: Tools | Options |
> Compatibility: "Don't balance columns for continuous section starts." Make
> sure this isn't checked. If that isn't the problem, check on your
paragraph
> formatting to make sure that "Keep with next" or "Keep lines together" are
> not a factor (and of course ascertain that there are not any column
breaks).
>
> But note that nothing you can do (short of inserting column breaks
manually,
> with Ctrl+Shift+Enter--and you will need them for *every* column) will
give
> the effect you want, since Word will always fill all columns as full as
> possible. I would suggest that for the layout you're attempting, a
10-column
> table would be more appropriate.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Crazy man" <alcoNOSPAM@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:bp822g$hj9$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> > > Be sure non printing characters's (Ctrl + Shift + 8) are on and go to
> > > the ¶ to the right of the very last number: Select
> > > Insert/Break/Continuous and that should even up your columns.
> >
> > No, same result, column 10 still empty!
> >
> >
>

Suzanne
Mon Nov 17 08:34:25 CST 2003

Well, it does balance them; it just doesn't balance them according to your
definition of "balancing." <g> I really do think a table might better serve
your needs here.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Crazy man" <alcoNOSPAM@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:bpa260$8rc$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> Thanks Suzanne, thought you would appear :-)
>
> Shame Word doesn't have option to balance rows / or columns!
>
> Phil
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23$58CSGrDHA.2692@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > There's a Compatibility setting that might be relevant: Tools | Options
|
> > Compatibility: "Don't balance columns for continuous section starts."
Make
> > sure this isn't checked. If that isn't the problem, check on your
> paragraph
> > formatting to make sure that "Keep with next" or "Keep lines together"
are
> > not a factor (and of course ascertain that there are not any column
> breaks).
> >
> > But note that nothing you can do (short of inserting column breaks
> manually,
> > with Ctrl+Shift+Enter--and you will need them for *every* column) will
> give
> > the effect you want, since Word will always fill all columns as full as
> > possible. I would suggest that for the layout you're attempting, a
> 10-column
> > table would be more appropriate.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Crazy man" <alcoNOSPAM@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> > news:bp822g$hj9$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> > > > Be sure non printing characters's (Ctrl + Shift + 8) are on and go
to
> > > > the ¶ to the right of the very last number: Select
> > > > Insert/Break/Continuous and that should even up your columns.
> > >
> > > No, same result, column 10 still empty!
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>