If you re working with a normal, letter-sized page and are typing text, you won t want to have more than four columns. Two or three are usually the most effective. To convert existing text to columns, highlight the text you want to be in columns and then click on the columns button and highlight the number of columns before letting go of the mouse. You have to be careful using columns with part of a document as Word often tries to change the whole document to columns. Make sure you save the file before you start adding columns and then, if you don t like the results, don t save it.
Tables are an even more effective way of presenting information.
The easiest way to make a table is by clicking on the table button and highlighting the number of columns and rows you want. Word will automatically space the columns evenly across the page and make each row one line tall. Word provides a wide range of formats for you to choose from. To let Word do most of the work for you, right click anywhere in your table and choose Table Autoformat. Click the format you like and view it in the Preview window before making your choice.