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Columns and Lines Between Them in Word 2013

I'm trying to create a document with two columns using the Left Column option in Word 2013. 

 

I click Columns on the Page Layout ribbon and then select Left. 

 

The next step is click Columns and then More Columns.  In that window I mark the checkbox for Line Between.

 

The columns are created but I'm not seeing a line. 

 

Why would the line not appear? 

 

Also, I'd like to type primarily in column 2 with column 1 used for graphics and text that refers to information in column 2.  How can I select column 2 for typing rather than being forced to start in 1 and let the text flow into 2?

 

Thank you

 

 

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Word doesn't display the line between columns until text starts flowing into the second column; this is by design.

What you describe—typing in one column and adding pictures in the second column—suggests that you should be using a two-column table rather than newspaper style column formatting.

Stefan Blom
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Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 10,583 Applies to: