Word 2007: Use Columns in Your Document
Contributed by Rob Rogers 
Tagged: Microsoft Word If you are using Word to create a newsletter or similar document, columns can be quite necessary for giving it a more professional look. Word makes dividing a page into columns very simple and easy to use.
Dividing a page into columns:
1. Go to the page of your document that you wish to divide into columns.
2. Go to the Ribbon and select the Page Layout tab.
3. In the Page Setup section, click Columns.
4. Select the appropriate column option.
5. If you don’t see the option you desire or if you want to modify column widths and spacing, select More Columns. Here you can change the number of columns to a value between 1 and 11. You can also change the width and spacing to be equal widths or customize the width and spacing of each column. By checking the Line between checkbox, you can insert a vertical line to add further separation to your columns. The Apply to dropdown allows you to apply your changes to the current section, this point forward, or the entire document. When you have made all of your customizations, click OK.
To remove columns:
1. Go to the page of your document the you wish to remove columns.
2. Go to the Ribbon and select the Page Layout tab.
3. In the Page Setup section, click Columns.
4. Select One.
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Sweetasfa_29 said on July 22, 2010
where is the Ribbon?
Usman said on July 26, 2010
thanks … it helped .. in microsoft word , there is no ribbon .. just go to page layout and columns and select the no. of columns and there u go .. :D
Giselle Fick said on November 17, 2010
Now, if only someone can tell us how to actually access the second column in MS word 2007 that will be useful coz nowhere on the internet can you find this ??????
MS word 2007 help file SUCK ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Just wasted 2 friggin hours and still dont have the answer.
BUMBADOODAH said on November 22, 2010
CLICK IN THE SECOND COLUMN
WhatWhat! said on December 30, 2010
For all those damn-ass people who have no idea how to answer a question, wat you do is hit ctrl-shift-enter and bam! Check for yourself… And Bumbadoodah if your reading this your dumb.
Beachbunni307 said on January 4, 2011
I’m trying to creat colums that I can type in separately…I don’t want one column to be a continuation of what doesn’t fit in the first column….how do I do that?
i_hope_this_helps said on January 31, 2011
maybe you need to insert a column break so that you can proceed with column 2 even if column 1 has not been completely filled.
A.N said on February 2, 2011
its helpful to me.well done………………………….
Grateful said on February 15, 2011
Thank you for answering this question clearly and simply. :- )
judiki said on August 30, 2011
I started my page centering everything. Then farther down in the page I created 4 columns. Now I want to go back to no columns and I can’t get it to go back. I’ve done everything they suggest and nothing works.
Rob said on October 17, 2011
How do I add vertical lines between each column? In 2003 you could do this buy going to Format>Columns, but 2007 doesn’t have a format button
Don said on November 25, 2011
How can I change the appearance of the column dividing line?
Other programs allow different colours or dotted lines but I can’t wee that in Word 07.
There again, there is a lot in Word 07 that I can’t see. Word 2000 was far more user friendly. Wish I could regress!