Choosing Predesigned Columns

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Word includes a number of professionally designed templates that help you get a jump start on using columns in your documents. The Brochure and the Directory templates are two of these. You can get a closer look at the templates by following these steps:

1. Choose File, New. The New Document task pane appears in the right side of your work area.
2. Click General Templates. The Templates dialog box appears. Click the Publications tab (see Figure 9-1).

   

   Figure 9-1. You can begin working with columns by using Word's predesigned templates.

3. To see a preview of the different document templates, click the one you want to see. The Brochure and Directory types both include the use of columns.

   

   Brochure uses a three-column layout in landscape mode to create a tri-fold brochure.

   

   Directory uses a three-column layout in portrait mode to provide the template for a directory-type document.

4. To open one of the templates, simply click your choice and click Open.

Note

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The terms landscape and portrait are layout terms used to describe the way in which a page is positioned for printing. In landscape mode, the document is printed so that the long edge of the paper is the top of the document, in 11-by-8.5-inch layout. In portrait mode, the document is printed in the traditional 8.5-by-11-inch layout.