Word Processing
 Assignment 4 - Working with Columns

Create columns
On the Standard toolbar, click the Show/Hide ¶ button, if necessary, to show the formatting characters.
On the Standard toolbar, click the Columns button.
The Columns menu appears. Unlike most menus, the Columns menu is a graphical representation that you can use to specify the number of columns for a document or section of a document.
Click the third column in the menu. The text in the entire document is arranged into three columns. The WordArt object appears over some of the text at the top of the page.
On the Standard toolbar click Undo
Position the insertion point to the left of the paragraph mark under the subheading Contoso, Ltd Network. Select the paragraph mark and all of the text under the Contoso, Ltd Network subheading. Be sure to select the last paragraph mark in this section, but do not select the subheading Contoso, Ltd Services or any text under this heading
On the Standard toolbar, click the Columns button, and in the
Columns menu, click the second column. The selected text is formatted into two columns
Click anywhere in the document to deselect the text.
On the Standard toolbar, click the Zoom down arrow, and click
Whole Page.
Select all of the text under the subheading Contoso, Ltd Services (including the bulleted list), but do not select the subheading.
On the Format menu, click Columns. The Columns dialog box appears.
In the Presets section, click Right, and click OK.
The selection of text is formatted into two columns, and the left column is wider than the right column.
Click anywhere in the document to deselect the text.
The document should look similar to the following.


Save the document as "Brochure 05 Edited". Keep the document open for the rest of this assignment.

Changing column width
Click anywhere under the subheading Contoso, Ltd Services.
On the Format menu, click Columns. The Columns dialog box appears.
In the Width box for the first column, select the contents, type 4.5, and press Tab. The width for column 2 automatically changes to 2.5 inches to accommodate the available space for this column after the left and right margin widths, the column width for column 1, and the space between columns have been calculated.

Click OK.  The column widths are adjusted based on the measurement that you enter.
On the ruler, position the mouse pointer on the Move Column marker until the pointer turns to a double-headed arrow. Hold down the Alt key, and drag the marker to the left so that the left column is 4.25 inches wide (at which point the right column will be 2.75 inches wide).
Release the Alt key. The column widths are adjusted.
Save the document.
Keep this file open for the next exercise

Adjusting column spacing
Click anywhere in the section under the subheading Contoso,
Ltd Network.
On the Format menu, click Columns. The Columns dialog box appears.
Clear the Equal Column Width check box, if necessary.
Select the measurement in the Spacing box for column 1, type .1,
and press Tab. The width of the second column changes to 3.9 inches.
Select the measurement in the Width box for the first column, type 3.7, and press Tab. The width of both columns is adjusted to 3.7 inches.
Click OK. The Columns dialog box closes, and the spacing between the columns changes.
On the Standard toolbar, click the Zoom down arrow, and click
Whole Page. The document layout is displayed as an entire page on your screen.
Click anywhere in the two-column section under the subheading
Contoso, Ltd Services
On the Format menu, click Columns. The Columns dialog box appears.
Select the measurement in the Spacing box, type .1, and press Tab. The width of the second column changes to 3.15 inches.
Click OK. The Columns dialog box closes, and the spacing between the columns changes.
Save the document.
Keep this file open for the next exercise

Insert Vertical lines between columns
Now that the columns are arranged the way we want in Brochure 07 Edited, we want to improve the appearance by adding vertical lines between the columns in the brochure.
Click anywhere in the section under the subheading Contoso,
Ltd Network.
On the Format menu, click Columns. The Columns dialog box appears.
Select the Line Between check box, and click OK. A vertical line now separates the columns in the section.
Click anywhere in the section under the subheading Contoso, Ltd
Services.
On the Format menu, click Columns. The Columns dialog box appears.
Select the Line Between check box, and click OK. A vertical line now separates the columns in both sections.
On the Standard toolbar, click the Show/Hide ¶ button. The formatting characters are hidden.

Save the document. Now email the file as an attachment to me.

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