1. Lesson 8 Part 1 Word Lesson 8 presentation prepared by Michele Smith – North Buncombe High School, Weaverville, NC. Content from Microsoft Office Word 2010 Lesson Plans provided by Microsoft.

2. 2 1 Create columns 2 Adjust column width 3 Adjust column spacing 4 Insert a column break 5 Insert a vertical line between columns Students will be able to do the following on completion of this lesson. Word Lesson 8 presentation prepared by Michele Smith – North Buncombe High School, Weaverville, NC. Content from Microsoft Office Word 2010 Lesson Plans provided by Microsoft.

3. 3 The use of columns is just one of the many desktop publishing features that is included in Word 2010. Columns are commonly used in newsletters as well as newspaper articles. Columns can help to create text that is easy to read. Word Lesson 8 presentation prepared by Michele Smith – North Buncombe High School, Weaverville, NC. Content from Microsoft Office Word 2010 Lesson Plans provided by Microsoft.

4. 4 S:S: (n) column (a page or text that is vertically divided) "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns" S:S: (n) column (a page or text that is vertically divided) "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns" http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=column

5. 5 Columns are everywhere!

6. 6 Word Lesson 6 presentation prepared by Michele Smith – North Buncombe High School, Weaverville, NC. Content from Microsoft Office Word 2010 Lesson Plans provided by Microsoft. By default when you open a new document in Word…you have “1” column

7. 7 Word Lesson 6 presentation prepared by Michele Smith – North Buncombe High School, Weaverville, NC. Content from Microsoft Office Word 2010 Lesson Plans provided by Microsoft. When using the Columns button on the Page Layout Ribbon, only 3 columns will appear in the drop- down menu, but up to 12 columns can be selected by using the “more” columns option.

8. 8 Word Lesson 6 presentation prepared by Michele Smith – North Buncombe High School, Weaverville, NC. Content from Microsoft Office Word 2010 Lesson Plans provided by Microsoft.

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10. 10 Word Lesson 6 presentation prepared by Michele Smith – North Buncombe High School, Weaverville, NC. Content from Microsoft Office Word 2010 Lesson Plans provided by Microsoft. Change width Makes change to column width Column breaks are inserted to cause the text following the break to begin in the next column.