When we were working on the program for the artist in residence, I realized that I have not done much work with Microsoft Word or Office in making a page that has a header with  columns. This would look like a newspaper banner with columns. I always have used Appleworks for this in the past, so now I need to know how to do it easily in Microsoft Office.

It turns out that the only reason it is more complicated in Office is because there are so many ways you can format the page. Here is the quick way to start making in Microsoft Word  a page that looks like a newspaper.

• Go to View menu and select Header and Footer. Create your title in the header. Center, change font and/or insert an image if you want. When finished close uncheck the Header and Footer in view - your header will be a light gray.
• Go to the Format menu and select Columns. Decide how many you want - you can also decide if you want the columns to be for the whole page or just a portion of the page. Your text will fill down in one column first.
• Insert pictures as you go along. Put your cursor where you wish to insert the picture. Resize the picture if needed.

In Open Office -

• The Header and Footer are separate under View. Visually, this seemed easier for me than the way Microsoft handles it.
• The Format menu also has the ability to select Columns. It appears to have as many choices as Word does.