From the course: Google Docs Essential Training
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Separate text into columns
From the course: Google Docs Essential Training
Separate text into columns
- [Narrator] Right now we're looking at this doc in the traditional format. That is reading the text from top to bottom. But you may be creating a flyer or newsletter and you might prefer a column layout. You can convert your existing text into a column very easily with Google Docs. I'll start by selecting the text that I want to convert into a column. From here, click "Format" at the top of the screen, hover your mouse over "Columns," and then you can choose how many columns you want. Right now it's set to a one column format, which is what we're looking at. I can select a two or three column format, and I can also click "More options." From here, I can also choose the number of columns. I'll select two. I could choose the amount of spacing that I want in between each columns. And finally, I can decide if I want a visible line in between the columns. I'll place a check mark next to that. We'll see what it looks like. I'll click "Apply" and my text is converted. And now, this looks…
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