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Use section breaks to control column layouts

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Use section breaks to control column layouts

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- [Instructor] Take control of your column layout using section breaks and column breaks. Go to the Layout ribbon, to the Columns menu, and you can set your column layout here. But by default, that changes the layout for the entire document. We'll undo that. If you set a section break first by placing your cursor where you want the break to appear, and then go to Layout, Breaks, next Page, that will move the content to a new page. Then you can go to the Column menu and apply your columns. And that gives you different column layouts before and after the break. Or if you don't want to start a new page, place your cursor, go to Breaks, and choose Continuous, then set the column layout. Now there's a change to the columns without starting a new page. You can also force a paragraph to start on the next column. Find where you want to set the break, place your cursor, go to the Breaks menu, and choose Column. This…

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