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• Steps

This article will guide you how to divide text into two columns in Microsoft Word software while using a computer.

Steps

1. 

   Open the Microsoft Word document you want to edit. You need to find the document on your computer and double click it to open it.

2. 

   
   
   Select all the text to divide. You will select by clicking at the beginning of the text and dragging to the end of the text. The selected text will be highlighted in blue.
   • You can select entire documents by pressing a combination of keyboard shortcuts ⌘ Command+A on the Mac and Control+A on Windows operating system.

3. 

   
   
   Choose card Layout. This tab is in the toolbar above the text.
   • Depending on the version of Word you use, this tag might have a name Page Layout.

4. 

   Select item Columns in the Layout tab. This will display the selection of the number of divisible columns in a drop-down menu.

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   Select item Two in the drop-down menu. This will split the selected text into two columns.
   • Alternatively you can choose to split the text into more columns.

6. 

   Adjust the size of the column by adjusting the line size above. You can click and drag the ruler to adjust the size of the text columns.
   • You only need to make adjustments as needed. If no adjustments are desired, the columns are defaulted to equal sizes.
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