Alternatively, to create a custom column layout in Word, click the “More Columns…” command to open the “Columns” dialog box.In the drop-down menu of choices that appears, then click a preset column option.Then click the “Columns” drop-down button in the “Page Setup” button group.
You can either select the text first or you can create a different section to which to add the columns. If you want to add columns to only a part of your document, you have two options. Also note that you can add columns to your whole document or to a selected section within a document. When you create columns in Word, the text flows from one column to the next on the same page. This is helpful for separating text vertically.
You may need to create columns in Word for documents that need them, like a newsletter.