Divide text in to columns

[echida]

I have a half A4 page which is a list on the left and on the right are check boxes . underneath that section I revert to normal text.

I have coloured all the check boxes red to show they need to be completed.

Once the check boxes have been done I want to be able to run the mouse over and select all the check boxes and change the colur to blue so that I know they have been completed. But I do not want to select all the text on the left of the page and turn that blue in the process.

So the only way I can think of is splitting the page into 2 columns. I also only want the top check box section to e changed, the rest of the page I want to be left as it is.

How do I do it please?

[Charles Kenyon]

Use a two-column table (with or without borders) rather than two page columns. Things will line up much better.
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[Guessed]

I agree with Charles' suggestion to do this with a two column table, however there is another alternative worth noting.

With non-tabular content, you can drag a vertical selection by holding the Alt key and click&drag with the mouse. You can then apply the colour to that selection

I do question the use of colour with your checkboxes though. Isn't the point of a checkbox that it can be checked or not checked? Changing its colour doesn't usually mean the same thing as checking the box. And checking each box is not normally done with a single action - if it was then there wouldn't be a point in having lots of boxes when only one would be necessary.