Hi Dan, I was going to suggest attempting to make the book into a single column. So long as all the text looks like it is in order after the transformation, and page breaks are denoted correctly, there should be no problem validating the book. Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Beaver To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 5:04 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] a book with multiple column pages Maybe we don't need to worry about it. I just discovered that with MS Word I can convert the book from 2 column pages to single column pages. I did it and checked the book and it seems to have converted cleanly. Now can I validate the book in a single coumn page format or is this a no no? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/360 - Release Date: 6/9/2006