Set up newspaper 17x11 with 6 columns?

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NewsGeru

I'm trying to set up a newspaper shell that will be printed on 11x17 paper,
landscape, with 6 columns. We prefer to do this in Word. There is not a
template for this size paper. I do not know how to insert the 6 columns.
Word only goes up to 4 columns.

Thanks
 
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Duke Carey

On my toolbar button, if I drag out beyond the 4th column, it will to 7 columns

This is in Word XP, but I seem to recall it doing the same in earlier versions
 
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Jay Freedman

Well, I'll be... I really do learn something new about Word every day.
Thank you!

I can only drag the button out to 6 columns, in both Word 2000 and
Word 2003. I don't have XP loaded at the moment.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Mine only goes to 6 in Word 2003 as well, and I can't see any reason for it
to stop. Some of the other palettes, such as the Insert | Table one, are
limited by screen area, so the number of columns you can drag a table to
depends to some extent on where you have the button on your toolbar.
 
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Doug Robbins

If you go to the Format Columns dialog and reduce the width and spacing of
the columns, you can increase the number beyond 6. I just set up an 8
column format in Word 2003.

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