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TextColumns.Add Method

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Returns a TextColumn object that represents a new text column added to a section or document.

Syntax

expression.Add(Width, Spacing, EvenlySpaced)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a TextColumns collection.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Width Optional Variant The width of the new text column in the document, in points.
Spacing Optional Variant The spacing between the text columns in the document, in points.
EvenlySpaced Optional Variant True to evenly space all the text columns be in the document.

Return Value
TextColumn

Example

This example creates a new document and then adds another 2.5-inch-wide text column to it.

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

This example adds a new text column to the active document and then evenly spaces all the text columns in the document.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.PageSetup.TextColumns.Add _
    Width:=InchesToPoints(1.5), _
    EvenlySpaced:=True

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