- 1). Launch Microsoft Word.
- 2). Click the Office button and choose "Open." Double-click on the document in which you want to add columns.
- 3). Highlight all of the text you want to format into columns. You can highlight just portions of your document and leave the rest in a single column.
- 4). Choose the "Page Layout" in the ribbon.
- 5). Click "Columns." Select the number of columns you want to create. Your selected text is now formatted into columns.