TextColumns Collection Object (Word)

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

Remarks

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.

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.

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.

ActiveDocument.PageSetup.TextColumns.SetCount NumColumns:=3

See Also

Concepts

Word Object Model Reference

TextColumns Object Members