Hello,

Please have a look at this screen shot of my document:



As you can see, I have double columns. And on page two the columns end a little passed the midpoint of the page. There's a bunch of extra space that I would like it to fill up but I don't know how.



I got it into this state by going through the following article:

https://wordribbon.tips.net/T009480_..._Document.html

That is to say, I'm switching between one column (for the Chapter title) and then two columns (for the body of each chapter). Page 3 (not shown) begins with a single column again for "Chapter 2".

The instructions in the article tell me to put a continuous break where the body of the chapter ends, and then set the section after the break to single column. So I do that but it seems to have set the bottom for BOTH columns to be the same. I don't mind the second column ending half way down the page (that's just where it ends) but I'd like the column before that to continue down the page until it reaches the bottom margin.

Is there any way to tell Word to stretch the second last column to the bottom of the page (where the bottom margin begins)?

Display nonprinting marks, for example by pressing Ctrl+Shift+8. If the columns are terminated by a continuous section break, it is normal for Word to "balance" them.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional