Microsoft KB Archive/192554

= WD98: Using the Keyboard to Move Between Newspaper-Style Columns =

Article ID: 192554

Article Last Modified on 10/29/2004

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 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q192554





SUMMARY
This article describes how to move the insertion point from one column to the next or previous column in a multiple-column Microsoft Word document using the keyboard.

NOTE: You must be in Page Layout View (on the View menu, click Page Layout) to see columns.



MORE INFORMATION
When you use columns in a Word document (on the Format menu, click Columns), Word inserts newspaper-style columns. That is, the text in a column wraps from the bottom of one column to the top of the next column.

To move the insertion point from one column to the next or previous column on the same page, use the keyboard keys as described in the following table. When you move the insertion point using shortcut keys, Word will move the insertion point to the top of the next or previous column.   To move on the same page        Press these keys -  To the next column              OPTION+DOWN ARROW

To the previous column         OPTION+UP ARROW NOTE: Even though you may have formatted your document to have two (or more) columns, the second (or more) columns will not exist and the shortcut keys to move to the next or previous column may not work until there is enough text in your document to wrap into the column or until you insert a column break. To insert a column break, on the Insert menu, click Break, select Column Break and then click OK.

For more information about newspaper-style columns in Word, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in MS Word Help, type the following text

columns, newspaper

and then click Show Topics. Select the topic you need, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

For more information about using other shortcut keys in Word, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in MS Word Help, type the following text

shortcut keys, using

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Shortcut keys" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

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