Article ID: 192554
Article Last Modified on 10/29/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q192554
SUMMARY
This article describes how to move the insertion point from one column to
the next or previous column in a multiple-column Microsoft Word document
using the keyboard.
NOTE: You must be in Page Layout View (on the View menu, click Page Layout)
to see columns.
MORE INFORMATION
When you use columns in a Word document (on the Format menu, click
Columns), Word inserts newspaper-style columns. That is, the text in a
column wraps from the bottom of one column to the top of the next column.
To move the insertion point from one column to the next or previous column
on the same page, use the keyboard keys as described in the following
table. When you move the insertion point using shortcut keys, Word will
move the insertion point to the top of the next or previous column.
To move on the same page Press these keys
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To the next column OPTION+DOWN ARROW
To the previous column OPTION+UP ARROW
NOTE: Even though you may have formatted your document to have two (or
more) columns, the second (or more) columns will not exist and the shortcut
keys to move to the next or previous column may not work until there is
enough text in your document to wrap into the column or until you insert a
column break. To insert a column break, on the Insert menu, click Break,
select Column Break and then click OK.
For more information about newspaper-style columns in Word, click Contents
And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a
version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the
Index button in MS Word Help, type the following text
and then click Show Topics. Select the topic you need, and click Go To. If
you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
For more information about using other shortcut keys in Word, click
Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are
using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click
the Index button in MS Word Help, type the following text
and then click Show Topics. Select the "Shortcut keys" topic, and click Go
To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office
Assistant.
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