Create columns using multiple text
boxes
- On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides, and then click the Grid Guides tab.
- Under Column Guides, type or select the number of columns you want, and then type or select the spacing value (gutter amount) you want.
- Click OK.
- Create text boxes to fit the columns defined by the column
guides.
- On the Objects toolbar, click Text Box .
- In your publication, point to where you want one corner of the text box to appear, and then drag diagonally until you have the box size you want.
- Right-click the text box.
- On the shortcut menu, click Format Text Box.
- In the Format Text Box dialog box, click the Text Box tab, and then click Columns.
- In the Columns dialog box, type or select the number of columns you want in the Numbers box, and then type or select the spacing value (gutter amount) you want in the Spacing box.
- On the Arrange Menu, click Layout Guides, and then click the Grid Guides tab.
- Under Row Guides, type or select the number of rows you want in the Rows box, and then type or select the amount of spacing you want between the row guides in the Spacing box.
- Click OK.
Reset columns and rows to be evenly spaced
This procedure only applies when you have multiple columns or rows, and you've moved one or more of the column guides or row guides.
To reset columns or rows to even spacing:
- On the Arrange menu, click Layout Guides, and then click the Grid Guides tab.
- Under Column Guides, select Reset even column widths.
- Under Row Guides, select Reset even row heights.
- Click OK.