How to add a column inside an existing column?

Question

Hello.

I am trying to remake a newspaper page in Word for school and I am having a hard time getting the columns right, meaning, in the way they are in the original newspaper (they have to be the same). Basically, what I have done so far is this, https://i.imgur.com/WQ51AqF.png .

I need to make the columns on the upper right merge into the ones below them and insert 3 more columns in the first column of the left. It needs to look like this https://i.imgur.com/zN5X49y.png, but no matter what I try, the columns won't ignore the picture and the text below it and I just get columns under the text and picture. Or I can set 6 columns below the picture and text but then the right upper part will remain empty and I can't insert 3 columns there and have them merge with the ones below because the columns will break the picture and text. I need to have 6 columns like on the original newspaper but I don't know how to do it.

Can someone please give me some advice on how to proceed? My professor didn't hand out any resources/guide/tutorial to use and learn from. It seems to me that I can't even remake the newspaper page exactly like that in Word 2013 but I'm not sure.

Thank you very much!

Answer 1

ClauM10,

To the best of my knowledge you can't achieve this in Word using textcolumns.

Maybe a table could simulate it better, making use of the merge cells function:

Answer 2

Hey Luc Sanders,

Thank you for your reply!  I have tried what you have told me and it worked better than I expected! Here's a pic of the progress I made so far: https://i.imgur.com/pSIfD22.png

I am satisfied with the results I am getting by using the table, it looks very similar to the original page of the newspaper. Again, thanks for your advice!

Answer 3

ClauM10,

Glad to be of help, good luck with the assignment.

Answer 4

See http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/HeadingsSpanColumns.htm

A frame or text box can span several columns, as can a wrapped image.

Answer 5

While that's certainly one approach, it's not really very satisfactory for situations where you have to have text wrapping from one column to the next. For that, newspaper columns are required, and with those you have to use a frame or textbox or other wrapped object to span the columns.