Create columns within a text box in Publisher

• Click the text box, go to Text Box Tools Format > Columns and pick two or three columns.
  

For more columns:

1. Click the text box.
2. Click Text Box Tools Format > Columns > More Columns.
   
3. In the Number box, type the number of columns, up to 63.
4. In the Spacing box, use the arrow buttons to increase or decrease the space between columns.

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1. Right-click the text box that you want to change, and then click Format Text Box.
2. In the Format Text Box dialog box, click the Text Box tab, and then click Columns.
3. In the Columns dialog box, type or select the number of columns you want in the Numbers box, and then use the arrow buttons to increase or decrease the space between columns in the Spacing box.
4. Click OK twice.