Is it possible to create four columns on two pages with two columns on one page and two on another that act independent of each other such that type in column B page one would carry over to column B page three, or column D page two would carry forward to column D page four,etc?


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Hi jpotter,

The image attached to your post suggests you're possibly after a booklet layout (which you can achieve via Page Layout|Page Setup|Margins > Multiple pages), using a two-column table.

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Thank you for your suggestion. I could not get it to work. Looking closely at the photo you will see a total of four independent colums. Two columns would be on even pages only and the other two would be on odd pages only. So when the left column on page one was filled the type would continue to the left column on page three, skipping over page two. The columns on page two would transition to page four. All columns acting independently.

I do not think MS Word had the ability to format in this manner. I suppose I will need to create a two column table to be placed on each page and ensure I keep up with which page is next.

What I am trying to accomplish is a four column comparison across two full pages to keep the type from being too small having four columns on one page. I am open for suggestions.

Thank you for your time.

Hi jpotter,

OK, what you're describing suggests you would need two parallel documents, each with two columns. Alternatively, you could configure the page layout for a larger format (eg A3 landscape instead of A4 protrait) and print to the larger format.

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