There really basically two ways to display documents in parallel like this,
and neither of them involves (newspaper-style) columns:
1. If you want two columns on the same page, use a table. It's best,
however, not to let the table get too long and certainly not to put all the
text in a single row. Most likely you'll want to "synch" the text in the
columns from time to time, so start a new row where you want to do this. And
if you can split the table from time to time (to insert headings, for
example), this will also reduce the load on Word that might lead to document
corruption.
2. If you want the two documents on facing pages, create two documents, one
with just recto (odd-numbered, right-hand) pages and one with just verso
(even-numbered, left-hand). You'll need to use calculated fields for the
page numbers. Find these fields at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/Print2Pages.htm.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
http://www.mvps.org/word
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