Columns

In order to create columns in Microsoft Word, click on the format menu and select columns. From this pop up menu, you can change the number or size of the columns. To change the column length, change the width of each column. Sometimes columns may need a column break. This is a line that will not allow any text to be typed in the column below it. It will send it to the next available column. Columns may be used in newspapers to create areas of different topics. Brochures have columns to seperate information about different topics and importance of the place or item being advertised. Columns are also often used in web pages and magazines. When starting things like a newspaper article, you can use a drop cap. A drop cap is a word or letter larger than the words following to draw a readers attention. To create a drop cap, click on the paragraph that you want to have a drop cap and go to the format menu. Select drop cap and hit o.k.