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Make Columns in Publisher – Instructions

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Make Columns in Publisher: Video Lesson

            This video lesson, titled “Using Layout Guides,” shows how to use layout guides and also make columns in Publisher. This video is from our complete Publisher tutorial, titled “Mastering Publisher Made Easy v.2019 and 365.”

Make Columns in Publisher: Overview

            You can make columns in Publisher to aid in the layout of a publication page. You can then add text boxes over the column guides you create in the page to produce newsletter-style layouts. When you make columns in Publisher, you can also add rows to a publication page.

            To make columns in Publisher, click the “Page Design” tab in the Ribbon. Then click the “Guides” button in the “Layout” button group. Then select the “Grid and Baseline Guides…” command from the menu’s drop-down button.

            Doing this then causes the “Grid Guides” tab in the “Layout Guides” dialog box to appear. You can create columns and rows within a page using the settings on this tab.

            In the “Column Guides” section, enter the number of columns to add to the page into the “Columns:” spinner box. You can enter the desired column spacing to allocate by using the “Spacing:” spinner buttons.

Make Columns in Publisher - Instructions: A picture of the “Grid Guides” tab in the “Layout Guides” dialog box in Publisher.

Make Columns in Publisher – Instructions: A picture of the “Grid Guides” tab in the “Layout Guides” dialog box in Publisher.

            To add rows to a page, enter the number of rows to add to the page into the “Rows:” spinner box in the “Row Guides” section. You can enter the spacing to allocate between the rows in the “Spacing:” spinner box.

            To show the center between the columns and the rows, check the “Add center guide between columns and rows” checkbox. This adds pink guides that show the center between the columns and rows to your page. When finished adding columns and rows, click the “OK” button to apply them to the page.

Make Columns in Publisher: Instructions

  1. To make columns in Publisher, click the “Page Design” tab in the Ribbon.
  2. Then click the “Guides” button in the “Layout” button group.
  3. Then select the “Grid and Baseline Guides…” command from the menu’s drop-down button.
  4. Doing this then causes the “Grid Guides” tab in the “Layout Guides” dialog box to appear.
  5. In the “Column Guides” section, enter the number of columns to add to the page into the “Columns:” spinner box.
  6. Then enter the desired column spacing to allocate by using the “Spacing:” spinner buttons.
  7. In the “Row Guides” section, enter the number of rows to add to the page into the “Rows:” spinner box.
  8. Then enter the spacing to allocate between the rows in the “Spacing:” spinner box.
  9. To show the center between the columns and the rows, check the “Add center guide between columns and rows” checkbox.
  10. After adding the columns and rows, then click the “OK” button to apply them to the page.
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