Changing a document from a two columns fashion back to an ordinary one

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Doug Mc

I have a doc like I've described above.
I have the two columns completed and now I'd like to begin inserting text
under the columns as if I hadn't set it up for columnar mode to begin with.

How do I do that?
Thanks,
Doug
 
Press Enter to insert a new empty paragraph. Select the paragraph, go to
Format | Columns, and select One. Word will insert the necessary section
break. Or you can manually insert a Continuous break, then change the number
of columns in the section following it.

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Doug said:
I have a doc like I've described above.
I have the two columns completed and now I'd like to begin inserting
text under the columns as if I hadn't set it up for columnar mode to
begin with.

How do I do that?
Thanks,
Doug
Click to expand...

You can't do it with the columns button on the toolbar -- as you probably
already found out. Instead, go to the Format > Columns dialog. Select the
"one column" picture. Then go to the "Apply to" box at the bottom of the
dialog and change it to say "This point forward".

When you click OK, Word will automatically insert a continuous section break
at the cursor position and format the section after the break as one column.
If you prefer, you can do the same manually -- use Insert > Section >
Continuous to insert the break, then use the toolbar button to select one
column. The "this point forward" selection in the Columns dialog is just a
shortcut to the same result.
 
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