When you type into columns, Write attempts to keep the number of lines in each column equal. The text in one column shifts across to the adjacent column as more text is added.
This will continue until you select an area not formatted as columns or else issue the Column Break command from the Insert menu.
A Column Break can do two things:
If the command is issued with the cursor in the middle of the column text, a blank line will be inserted and the result will be two separated column areas. You can then enter text in the blank line and this will continue in a single column (i.e. as in a standard page).
This process can be reversed, simply by deleting the blank line. The two column areas will be joined together again.
If the command is issued with the cursor at the end of the column text, Write will drop out of column format and allow you to continue your document in a single column.
To return text back to a single column:
Select the text.
Click the Columns button or select Columns command from the Format menu.
Set the Number of columns box at 1.
You can insert a frame and position it to sit across two columns. The text flows around the frame in both columns - this is a page layout style frequently used in newspapers. See: Frames and Callouts for more details on using frames.
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