Using tables rather than columns to create my 3 column trip plan document is a novel suggestion. I may play with that and see how it would work. Having worked with tables in Word before I suspicion it introduces a lot of limits and restrictions on the amount, shape and margins for the content. Still, good idea worth a try.

Do you have any idea how to stop word wrap from one column to the next in a Word document ? Do you know that that is not possible ?