[jaws-uk] Re: newspaper columns

  • From: David W Wood <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:51:52 +0100

Flor
you clever person!

I had trawled the help system and didn't come across this bit!

Will try it with JAWS and see what happens!

David

In message <005101c5a199$bb45a8e0$6a18fea9@a476726363r>, Flor Lynch
<florlync@xxxxxx> writes
>Hi David,
>
>According to the Help on "Column break" in microsoft Word XP:
>
>Force the start of a new newsletter-style column
>
>Show All
>
>Force the start of a new newsletter-style column
>
>1. Switch to
>print layout view.
>2. Click where you want to start the new column.
>3. On the Insert menu, click Break.
>4. Click Column break.
>
>Microsoft Word moves the text that follows the insertion point to the
>top of the next column.
>
>Text at the bottom of the first column moved to the top of the next
>column
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "David W Wood" <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:49 PM
>Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: newspaper columns
>
>
>Flor and others
>
>the method which you describe is fine insofar that columns are produced.
>However, I am not convinced that the text is wrapped from the bottom of
>the first column to the top of the next.
>
>David
>
>In message <008d01c5a0f4$a26c5440$6a18fea9@a476726363r>, Flor Lynch
><florlync@xxxxxx> writes
>>Hi David,
>>
>>I hope the following will be of assistance.  (I culled the text from a
>>message sent to another list in response to a query like yours.)  If
>>this all is not adequate, come back again. F.
>>
>>        Go to format, choose columns, a dialogue box will open.  tab
>>through and choose the number of columns [the preset radiobutton?] you
>>want and press OK. Now your
>>document is formatted to make as many columns as you requested.
>>2. Now place your curser where you want the next column to start and go
>>to
>>the insert pull down menu, and the first item is break, press enter
>and
>>there will come up another dialogue box and you can arrow up or down to
>>find
>>column break and press enter. Now your document will have two columns.
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "David W Wood" <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 1:15 PM
>>Subject: [jaws-uk] newspaper columns
>>
>>
>>Can someone give me help in creating these with JFW 5.1?
>>I know that the place to do it is through print layout, but having
>>entered this I cannot find where to go then.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>David
>>
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