Make sure that you're using Print Layout view ( open the View menu and choose Print Layout ), and move the insertion point to where you want the columns to begin.
Open the Insert menu and choose Break to open the Break dialog box.
To make the columns begin at the top of a new page, choose Next page .
To keep the columns on the same page as the text above them, choose Continuous .
INTRODUCTION
If you would like to produce newsletters, bulletins , journal articles, and so on, you'll appreciate Word's ability to format text in multiple columns. When you use this feature, the text snakes from column to column. If you want to create columns of text that do not wrap from one column to the next, use either custom tabs (see Part 6) or a table (see the last four tasks in this part). If you don't want columns in part of your document, follow steps 1 through 5 to insert a section break . Otherwise, begin with step 6.
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Inserting a Column Break
To force text to the next column, move the insertion point to the place where you want the text to break, and choose Insert , Break . In the Break dialog box, click the Column Break option button, and click OK .
Click OK , and then double-check to make sure that your insertion point is in the section where you want the columns to begin.
Click the Columns button on the Formatting toolbar.
In the grid that appears, click the desired number of columns.
Word creates the number of columns that you specified.
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What If I Have Text at the End of the Document That I Don't Want in Columns?
If you have text at the end of your document that you do not want in columns, select the text that you want in step 1 (instead of placing your insertion point where you want the columns to begin). Word will only format the selected text in columns, leaving the text outside of the selection as is.
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Changing the Number of Columns
If you decide to change the number of columns in your document, simply repeat steps 6 “8. If you want no columns, click the leftmost column in the grid in step 7.
