Homework help needed! (Word)

[Goofy]

My grand-daughter has a homeowrk assignment of writing a newspaper story. All done, but I need to know how to get the text to flow from one column to the other. I'm sure it must be possible.

[boxtops]

If you're in Word then under page layout there is an option for Columns, Depends which version of Word you are on, as to exactly where you'll find it.

[Goofy]

I've got two columns. Trouble is getting the text to flow into the second.

[Vagrant]

Click in the text where you want the column to end, and select Insert -> Break -> Column Break.

[kia cat]

Goofy - don't know if you've solved the problem yet, but sometimes it's easier to get the whole article written out, then do all then enhancing [spelling, punctuation, layout etc] afterwards.
My daughter often had similar problems, it's so easy to get bogged down in which font, size & style. One thing I always found useful was showing the printing marks [paragraphs, tabs, soft returns etc,] usually displayed by clicking on the ¶ button on your toolbar - or in word options if you have word 2007. Hope that helps [and makes sense!]

[Goofy]

thanks - I'll try and remember for next itme.
I foundout that I (she!) could use Publisher as the school just wants the hard copy, so did it in that instead!