Equal column heights in newspaper columns

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Damon Chandler - 13 Nov 2005 20:45 GMT

Hi,
I am working with a two-column, newspaper-style document in Word
2003, and I would like to force the column heights to be equal. I've
tried toggling the "Windows/Orphan control" option, which helps a little
bit, but the column heights are never really equal. I'd appreciate any
suggestions.

Thanks,
Damon

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Jay Freedman - 13 Nov 2005 22:18 GMT

>Hi,
> I am working with a two-column, newspaper-style document in Word
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>Thanks,
>Damon

Go to the end of the second column and insert a Continuous section
break. Word will automatically try to equalize the columns unless
you've gone to Tools > Options > Compatibility and checked the one for
"Don't balance columns for Continuous section starts". The attempt to
balance the columns could fail if the paragraph at the end of the
first column has "Keep together" turned on.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Damon Chandler - 16 Nov 2005 01:20 GMT

Thanks Jay! That seems to do the trick.

Cheers,
Damon

> Go to the end of the second column and insert a Continuous section
> break. Word will automatically try to equalize the columns unless
> you've gone to Tools > Options > Compatibility and checked the one for
> "Don't balance columns for Continuous section starts". The attempt to
> balance the columns could fail if the paragraph at the end of the
> first column has "Keep together" turned on.

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