MS Word Tutorial: How to switch between single and double columns in a Microsoft Word document
MS Word Tutorial: How to switch between single column and double columns in a Microsoft Word document
This tutorial shows you how to switch between a single column and double columns in a Word document.
To go from single to double columns, we go to the Layout table, and click on *Columns*.
A menu pops up, and we choose the number of columns we want.
However, we can see that the whole document in in double column, which is not what we want.
The way to switch is to use sections.
We place the cursor where we want the change. Then, again on the Layout tab, we choose Breaks.
A menu pops up, and under *Section Breaks*, we choose *Next Page*, that is, we start a section on a new page.
Then, we put our cursor in the section we want to be single column again, and choose *Single Column*.
We can also switch the number of columns back and forth on the same page.
Just place the cursor where we want the change, go back to breaks, and we choose the Continuous break from the Breaks menu. Then, we can choose the number of columns we want.
If you are having trouble remembering where you put your section breaks, an easy way to find them is to go back to the Home tab, go to the Paragraph group, and click on the "backwards P." This shows us where your section breaks are, and you can modify them as needed.
Watch video MS Word Tutorial: How to switch between single and double columns in a Microsoft Word document online without registration, duration hours minute second in high quality. This video was added by user Moravec Science Editing 02 June 2019, don't forget to share it with your friends and acquaintances, it has been viewed on our site 61,605 once and liked it 178 people.