CHALLENGE: Columns within columns?

Question

Here's a challenge!

I have a document being displayed in two columns and for a certain portion of the document, I want the right column to be split again into two columns. Here is my depiction of what I want (the numbers represent the flow of the text).

1        |         7

2        |         8

3        |    9       10

4        |   11      12 

5        |        13

6        |        14

Items 9 thru 12 are pictures. Is this possible? How?

Thanks,

John

Answer 1

Insert a 2x2 (borderless) table for 9-12. It will conform to the column width and will provide the flow sequence you want.

Answer 2

To create something like this in Word 2007,

                 !\[\](http://xfprpw.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pKgyMtYbDAXdLjCBDHLyIgGaZ_T_AUJPd4iamoKDC6EXewRO6orYyejRvxtfhAK3TQ8AxZnD4s1bKz12uJJIpiU1oPMvdBWZi/Word_Table_Merged_Cells.PNG?psid=1)

... insert a table with three columns and 6 rows. Select the second and third column in row 1 then right-click and select Merge Cells. Repeat for rows 2, 5 and 6.

Adjust the column widths to suit. If a table is not absolutely necessary, the same can be accomplished with custom tabs.