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TextColumns Collection Object

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A collection of TextColumn objects that represent all the columns of text in a document or a section of a document.

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Use the TextColumns property to return the TextColumns collection. The following example formats the columns in the first section in the active document to be evenly spaced, with a line between the columns.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.TextColumns
    .EvenlySpaced = True
    .LineBetween = True
End With

Use the Add method to add a column to the collection of columns. By default, there is one text column in the TextColumns collection. The following example adds a 2.5-inch-wide column to the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.PageSetup.TextColumns.Add _
    Width:=InchesToPoints(2.5), _
    Spacing:=InchesToPoints(0.5), EvenlySpaced:=False

Use the SetCount method to arrange text into columns. The following example arranges the text in the active document into three columns.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.PageSetup.TextColumns.SetCount NumColumns:=3

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