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About Nancy C. Janyszeski
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Office (12) 2007 experience. I am a MOUS Authorized Instructor and MOUS Master Certified. I am a Sr. Instructional Designer for International IT Certification based on the International Computer Drivers Licence (ICDL). http://www.activ-training.com/ Microsoft offers free online training for Mail Merge at... http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word/CH060832701033.aspx

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I am Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Master Certified and was certified as a MOUS Authorized Instructor. Sr Instructional Designer for International IT Certification for ActivTest, a division of Activ Training based on the ECDL's standard for end-user software competence.

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Microsoft Word - word 2007 columns

Expert: Nancy C. Janyszeski - 11/8/2009

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hello,
i created two columns in word 2007, but i don't know how to add a different background on each column and still be able to write text on it. could you please help me as soon a possible..thank you..

Answer
Hello - use the tables feature instead of columns. Create a table with the same number of columns you have currently using the columns feature.

Turn off the borders of the table using Table Properties.

You can then add different backgrounds to each cell, row or column.

Nancy

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