I still think Word should be able to do two columns, each with one line of text, but I'm no longer trying.
This is not intuitive. Using the format menu, set the doc to two columns. Then, at the place you want the break, Insert>Break..>Column Break.
Believe me, I'm not trying to convert you to Word! Like being Catholic, the only way to explain why you do it is that you grew up that way. But I hope I can at least make your life a little easier.
I settled on a reasonably simple format for my resume to avoid some of the difficulties. Sad comment on Word, I know.
There is a way to change the margin measurement from inches to pica, points, or cm (or leagues and furlongs for all I know). Select Tools>Options..., select the General tab, and at the bottom is a pull-down list to change Measurement Units. If that would help.
If you are viewing the Ruler at the top of your page, the shaded parts are margins. The little slide arrows are indents. Tabs are stuck to, and move with, the margins - NOT the indents. Put your cursor on the edge of the shaded part (I don't know how to show you what I mean) and you'll get the little side-to-side arrow. You can use that to drag your margins. But if you have a tab, say, set five spaces in from the margin, that tab will still be five spaces in from the new margin after you change the margin.
Or, what the hell, you could pour a Coke in the computer and go buy a typewriter. Come to think of it, that would be easier! : )
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This is not intuitive. Using the format menu, set the doc to two columns. Then, at the place you want the break, Insert>Break..>Column Break.
Believe me, I'm not trying to convert you to Word! Like being Catholic, the only way to explain why you do it is that you grew up that way. But I hope I can at least make your life a little easier.
I settled on a reasonably simple format for my resume to avoid some of the difficulties. Sad comment on Word, I know.
There is a way to change the margin measurement from inches to pica, points, or cm (or leagues and furlongs for all I know). Select Tools>Options..., select the General tab, and at the bottom is a pull-down list to change Measurement Units. If that would help.
If you are viewing the Ruler at the top of your page, the shaded parts are margins. The little slide arrows are indents. Tabs are stuck to, and move with, the margins - NOT the indents. Put your cursor on the edge of the shaded part (I don't know how to show you what I mean) and you'll get the little side-to-side arrow. You can use that to drag your margins. But if you have a tab, say, set five spaces in from the margin, that tab will still be five spaces in from the new margin after you change the margin.
Or, what the hell, you could pour a Coke in the computer and go buy a typewriter. Come to think of it, that would be easier! : )