Microsoft KB Archive/59157

Automatically Aligning Uneven Section Columns

PSS ID Number: Q59157 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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When text formatted as multiple columns in a section of a Microsoft Word for the Macintosh document ends on a page, the columns often align ragged vertically; that is, the bottoms of the columns do not line up evenly across the page. An easy way to make them align is to place a new section break at the end of the text and format it as No Break in the Format Section dialog box.

For example, imagine your text is in three columns, as illustrated below:

xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxO xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx

9 lines 9 lines 3 lines 21 lines total

To use this procedure, place the insertion point at the end of the text (in this case, to the right of the “O”), and press COMMAND+ENTER. Then choose Section from the Format menu and select No Break in the Start box. After you click the OK button, Word automatically aligns the columns to have appropriately the same amount of text in all three columns, so that they resemble the following:

xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxO

7 lines 7 lines 7 lines 21 lines total

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