Print layout
You can type text first and then set the columns if you want.
Create your text documents with the number of columns you like.Insert a picture anywhere on the page you want.Format the picture (Text wrapping | Square).I tested this with Word 2007 on a page with three columns. Was able to span all three columns and text wrapped with no problem.
creating and editing text
You can the Text to Columns facility.
It enables you to put text into more than one column, like you would see in a newspaper or a magazine or a newsletter or leaflets. You can type in your text as normal and then select it to put it into columns.
Typing text, copying text, cut and paste text, formatting text, formatting paragraph, page layout, printing text, saving document, putting text into columns, etc.
To create columnar data in Word, you can use the "Columns" feature. Select the text you want to format into columns, then go to the "Layout" tab, click on "Columns" and choose the number of columns you want. You can also adjust the column width and spacing using the options in the Columns menu.
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It spreads the text slightly so that the left and right margins of your text are straight, similar to the way text in columns normally appears in newspapers and magazines.
That depends on the nature of the text and what way you want it to be in columns. If it is just a large block of text that you want into newspaper-styled columns, then word processors and desktop publishers have the facility to do that. If you want text that is data, like names and addresses etc. and you want to break the data up so that all the names are in a column and the addresses are in columns, then you do something different. You separate the components on a line with commas and put each new set of data on a new line. Then it can be imported into a database or spreadsheet and the data will be split into columns based where the commas are.
In Microsoft Word, hold down the Alt key and then try to select the text using the mouse.
Assuming you are talking about Word Processing and Microsoft Word, then first select the text you want in columns. Then go to the Format menu and pick "Columns". From there you can choose how many you want. You will also see the icon that is beside the Columns option, on the Standard toolbar. Using the option on the Format menu will give you more flexibility though. Depending on what view you are in, your text may not appear to be in columns after you have done this. If you are using "Normal View" it will still appear to be in one column, but if you go to Print Layout view or do a Print Preview, you will see the text is in several columns. This also assumes you have enough text to fill one column and start into a second column.