Column in word 2010

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Introduction

Columns are used in many types of documents, but they are most commonly used in newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and newsletters. In this lesson, you will learn how to insert columns into a document and create column breaks.

Inserting columns

Columns and column breaks can improve your document’s organization and increase its readability. They also allow you to utilize all of the available space on the page.

Optional: You can download this example for extra practice.

To add columns to a document:

1. Select the text you want to format.
2. Click the Page Layout tab.
3. Click the Columns command. A drop-down menu will appear.Adding columns
4. Select the number of columns you want to insert. The text will then format into columns.

If you want to remove the columns, click the Columns command and select One for the number of columns.

Adding column breaks

Once you’ve created columns, the text will automatically flow from one column to the next. Sometimes, though, you might want to control exactly where each column begins. You can do this by creating column breaks.

To add column breaks:

1. Place the insertion point where you want to add the break.
2. Click the Page Layout tab.
3. Click the Breaks command in the Page Setup group. A drop-down menu will appear.
4. Select Column from the list of break types.

   Adding a column break

5. The text will shift to reflect the column break.

   Columns after adding a column break

Challenge!

1. Open an existing Word document. If you want, you can use this example.
2. Select the text you want to format into columns.
3. Format the selected text into two columns.
4. Add a column break.

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Documents that we create in applications like Google Docs or Microsoft Word are rarely perfect in the first draft. Most documents need a lot of editing or revisions before they are acceptable. This applies to more than just the content that you type in paragraphs. It can go for other documents objects as well, such as images or tables

Tables are an effective way to display certain types of data, and Microsoft Word 2010 makes it easy to create and edit tables. If you find after creating your table that it doesn’t have enough room for all of the information that you want to include, then you may be looking for a way to add additional cells to the table.

One good way to do this is by adding a new column to the table. Word 2010 makes it possible to insert a new column at any point inside your existing table, ensuring that you will not need to delete and re-create an entirely new table. You can follow our instructions below to add a column to a table that you have already created in your document.

How to Insert a Column Into a Table in Word 2010

1. Open the document.
2. Click in a cell next to where you want the new column.
3. Select the Table Tools Layout tab.
4. Click Insert Right or Insert Left.

Our tutorial continues below with additional information on adding columns in Word 2010, including pictures of these steps.

How to Add Column to Table in Word 2010 (Guide with Pictures)

This article was written for users of Microsoft Word 2010. However, these steps will be very similar in other versions of Word as well.

Step 1: Open the document in Word 2010 that contains the table that you want to modify.

Step 2: Click inside a table cell in the column to the left of where you want to insert the new column.

Step 3: Click the Layout tab under Table Tools at the top of the window.

Step 4: Click the Insert Right button to insert a column to the right of the column that you selected in Step 2. If you would instead prefer to insert a column to the left of this column, then click the Insert Left button.

Note that these buttons are located in the Rows & Columns group in the ribbon.

Our guide continues below with additional discussion on how to add columns to a table in Word 2010.

More Information on How to Add Table Columns in Word 2010

If your table is already taking up the full width of the page, then Word will adjust the widths of the existing columns to accommodate the addition of the new column.

You will notice that there are also buttons in the Rows and Columns group that let you add new rows to the table, too. You can do this by clicking either the Insert Above button or the Insert Below button.

If you need to add a table to your document then you can select the Insert tab at the top of the window, then click the Table button and specify the number of rows and columns that you would like in the table. Note that if you can’t add a large enough table using the cell icons then you can click the Insert Table button and specify the number of rows and columns that way as well.

If you add too many columns or rows to your table then you can select one of the cells in the row or column you wish to remove, then click the Delete button and choose to Delete Columns or Delete Rows. There are also options to delete individual cells or delete the entire table.

Is your table not entirely contained on the page? This can happen if you copy and paste a table from a different document, or from a different program.  This article will show you how to make your Word tables fit on the page.

Can I Make a Microsoft Word Document With More Than One Column?

While the bulk of our article has discussed adding table columns in Microsoft Word, you may be interested in adding two columns or multiple columns to your document instead. This is common when creating newspaper articles or newsletters.

You can add a new column to a document by selecting the Page Layout tab at the top of the window, then clicking the Columns button and choosing the number of columns that you want in the document. You could alternatively elect to click the More Columns button, which opens the Columns dialog box. There you will be able to specify the number of columns in the document. You can also specify different widths and spacing for all the columns in the document, or you can simply have them all be of equal column width.

Can I Add a Column Break or Remove Column Breaks in Word 2010?

When you are adding columns to a document in Microsoft Word 2010, rather than adding columns to a table, you may find yourself using column breaks. Much like page breaks, a column break tells Word that you want the next part of the document to begin in the next column.

The first thing you will need to do is make sure that your cursor is at the point in the document where you wish to add the column break. You can then add a column break by selecting the Page Layout tab at the top of the window, then click the Breaks button in the Page Setup group in the ribbon. There you will find the Column Break button. Selecting that option will insert a column break at that point in the document.

If you want to remove a column break then you will need to select the Home tab at the top of the window and display formatting marks by clicking the Show/Hide button in the Paragraph group of the ribbon.

Additional Sources

In this chapter, we will discuss how to work with rows and columns in Word 2010. As discussed in the previous chapter, a table is a structure of vertical columns and horizontal rows with a cell at every intersection. A Word table can contain as many as 63 columns but the number of rows is unlimited. This chapter will teach you how to add and delete rows and columns in a table.

Add a Row

Following are the simple steps to add rows in a table of a word document.

Step 1 − Click a row where you want to add an additional row and then click the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.

Step 2 − Now use the Row & Column group of buttons to add any row below or above to the selected row. If you click the Insert Below button, it will add a row just below the selected row as follows.

If you click the Insert Above button, it will add a row just above the selected row.

Delete a Row

The following steps will help you delete rows from a table of a Word document.

Step 1 − Click a row which you want to delete from the table and then click the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.

Step 2 − Click the Layout tab, and then click the Delete Rows option under the Delete Table Button to delete the selected row.

Add a Column

The following steps will help you add columns in a table of a Word document.

Step 1 − Click a column where you want to add an additional column and then click the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.

Step 2 − Now use the Row & Column group of buttons to add any column to the left or right of the selected column. If you click the Insert Left button, it will add a column just left to the selected column as follows.

If you click the Insert Right button, it will add a column just next to the selected column.

Delete a Column

Following are the simple steps to delete columns from a table of a word document.

Step 1 − Click a column which you want to delete from the table and then click the Layout tab; it will show the following screen.

Step 2 − Click the Layout tab, and click the Delete Column option under the Delete Table Button to delete the selected column.

How to add columns, delete columns, add rows, delete rows in Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016. The following article helps you perform the operation of inserting columns, rows or simply deleting redundant columns and rows in Data tables in extremely simple ways.

The following article helps you perform the operation of inserting columns, rows or simply deleting redundant columns and rows in the data table in extremely simple ways.

1. Insert more columns and lines in Word

Insert column in Word

Method 1

– In case of inserting one column to the left or right of the selected column:

To insert a column in the data table, you just need to select the column next to the column to be inserted -> right-click and select Insert -> case insert the column to the left of the selected column -> select Inser Columns to the Left, vice versa If inserting on the right select Insert Columns to the Right:

As a result, you can insert the column to the right of the selected column:

– In case you want to insert more columns than 1 column, you just need to select the correct number of columns with the number of columns to be inserted and perform the same operation as inserting 1 column. For example, here insert two columns to the right -> highlight 2 columns next to the column to be inserted -> Insert -> Insert Columns to the Right:

Method 2

In addition, Word 2010 and later support you how to insert columns in the table quickly by moving the line between the two columns you want to create new columns -> when the mouse pointer turns the plus sign -> perform clicking the plus sign So you have created a new column:

In case you want to create 2 or more columns at the same time, you select the number of columns next to the column to create -> click the plus sign.

Method 3

Alternatively, just go to the Layout tab -> click Insert Left or Insert Right (depending on where you want the column to be inserted) to insert the column into the table:

Insert lines in Word

Method 1

Similar to how to insert a column, you select the column position to insert -> right-click and select Insert -> Insert Rows Above (insert the line above the selected row) or Insert Rows Below (insert the line below the selected row):

The result you have inserted the row into the table:

If you want to insert more than one line at the same time, just insert another line only when blackening the number of columns, blacken the number of columns exactly by the number of columns to create:

Method 2

With the fast line insertion that new versions support, you only need to select the number of lines to insert and the position of the line to insert -> tick the plus symbol:

Method 3

In addition to inserting rows in a table, you select the position and number of rows to insert -> into the layout tab -> choose Insert Above or Insert Below depending on the position of the row to insert:

Delete columns in Word

Method 1:

To delete columns in the table, just select the columns to be deleted -> right-click and select Delete Columns:

Method 2

Also to delete the column you just need to select the column to delete -> go to the Layout tab -> Delete Columns:

Delete rows in Word

Method 1

Similar to deleting columns, you only need to select the rows to delete -> right-click and select Delete Rows:

Method 2

In addition, you only need to select the number of columns to delete -> go to the Layout tab -> Delete -> Delete Rows:

Above are some ways for you to quickly insert columns and rows in Word 2016. In other versions, you can do the same thing. Good luck!