continuing columns in word 2002

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roodis

im a teen in high school trying to do a newspaper based project. i got the
"herald" heading and i started the 2 columns uder it. now my problem is that
i want one story on the left to continue on the left even until the next
page, but its dividing the story amongst the 2 columns evenly. i read about
the continuous page break but dont know how to undo it. i would also like to
throw a question in here while am at it. after i get the two colomns how i
want them, will it be possible to juss cut them off half way down the page
agen and have something in the normal layout again? thanks in advance.
 
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Anne Troy

You will likely be better off (so you can "see what's going on) if you start
with a two-column layout, and then put your banner on that page inside of a
textbox. BUT...perhaps you should turn your show/hide button on so that you
can see the section break that's making your columns "shorter" than you want
them. Turn show/hide on:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/show-hide_button_in_microsoft_word.htm
Also, if you want one story on the left and one on the right, just keep
typing your second story and your "short" columns should grow longer...

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roodis

first of all i want to thank you for helping me so quick, i wasnt expecting
that. Now i hit the show/hide button, and it's all clear to me but, i just
want to get rid of that continuous break that is there. as for typing until
it's all there, yeah i realized that a while ago. but what i need is the
"herald" heading, the 2 columns in the middle of the page, and then cut that
off n put a table of contents at the bottom. kind of like a regular
newspaper, i want to continue the rest of the story on another page.
continuing my story will get on one side but then i wont have space for my
table of contents. i really hope you can help, thanks again for before, and
in advance.
 
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Anne Troy

Hi, roodis. If you hadn't already started, I would have said:
Create a document with a two-column layout. Place your Herald into a textbox
and place it across the two columns. That way, you don't need the section
breaks and they won't weird you out. Also, when I work with columns, I like
to hit Tools-->Options-->View tab and choose "Text Boundaries".

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