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Option 1: Make two Columns
- Open Google Docs home page (Docs.Google.com) from your PC or Mac. Then, if you have not yet signed in, sign in with your Google Account.
- Open the Google Docs document you want to make two columns. You can open a saved document from your Recent documents lists. You could also open your document directly from Google Drive.
- To access Google Drive from Google Docs home page, click the 3 lines on the top left of the page. Then, from the list of displayed options, click Drive.
- Once the document is open, the select all existing text in the document you want to make 2 columns. To select all texts in the document, press the Ctrl and A keys on your keyboard at the same time.
- You could also click Edit then click Select all.
- With all texts select, click Format and point to Columns. Then, from the columns options, click the 2 columns option.
- The document will be divided into two columns!
Option 2: Modify two Columns
After you have made two columns in Google Docs, you may want to adjust the column settings. Here are the steps….
- Click Format and point to Columns. Then click More options.
- On the Column options pop up window, make changes as you wish. Because you are making 2 columns, leave the Number of columns as 2.
- To adjust the spacing between the columns, type a number (in cm) to the Spacing (centimeters) field.
- Finally, if you want to add a line between the two columns, check the Line between columns box.
- When you finish making your changes, to save click Apply.
- Here is my modified document with 2 columns and a line between the columns.
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