[mso] Re: Word 2003 - creating a document with two columns

Hello Elise,
Thursday, April 20, 2006, 4:00:44 PM, you wrote:

> I am creating a document that needs to have two columns with different
> formatting but I am having a lot of trouble with it.  The reason it
> needs different formatting is the column on the left needs to be
> left-justified and the column on the right needs to be right-justified.
> The text in both columns needs to line up in a certain way - like for
> example, it needs to look kind of like this:

> Name (left justified)                                   Date (right
> justified)
> Details (left justified)                                Place (right
> justified)

> I am really confused by how to get some information into one column and
> some information into the other.  What is an easy way to work with
> columns so you don't have text jumping all over the page?  Do you have
> to fill up all of column 1 before you go to column 2, or can you easily
> switch between the two columns as you go?

> If I'm not making sense I can email you a copy of the document.

This is is best done in a table, in your case with two columns.

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