PageSetup.TextColumns property (Word)

Returns a TextColumns collection that represents the set of text columns for the specified PageSetup object.

Syntax

expression. TextColumns

expression An expression that returns a PageSetup object.

Remarks

There will always be at least one text column in the collection. When you create new text columns, you are adding to a collection of one column.

For information about returning a single member of a collection, see Returning an object from a collection.

Example

This example creates four evenly-spaced text columns that are applied to section two in the active document.

With ActiveDocument.Sections(2).PageSetup.TextColumns 
 .SetCount NumColumns:=3 
 .Add EvenlySpaced:=True 
End With

This example creates a document with two text columns. The first column is 1.5 inches wide and the second is 3 inches wide.

Set myDoc = Documents.Add 
With myDoc.PageSetup.TextColumns 
 .SetCount NumColumns:=1 
 .Add Width:=InchesToPoints(3) 
End With 
With myDoc.PageSetup.TextColumns(1) 
 .Width = InchesToPoints(1.5) 
 .SpaceAfter = InchesToPoints(0.5) 
End With

See also

PageSetup Object

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