Can I use tab stops across 2 columns to make dots between text?

[les]

I want to use columns to align an agenda and have lines between defining each
item with dots spanning the dead space between the entries.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need a tab (probably right-aligned) with a period leader. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org