How do I add columns, a drop cap or WordArt?

Columns, drop caps and WordArt are settings of a text box, so you change them with the box selected. They print and export as you see them on the page.

Split a text box into columns

1. Click the text box.
2. In the Format pane, open the Text tab.
3. Under Text fit, set Columns with the arrows or type a number from 1 to 6.

The text runs down the first column and on into the next, like a newspaper. Korva sets the space between the columns; there’s no setting for it.

Start a paragraph with a drop cap

1. Click the text box. In a story that runs through several linked boxes, any of its boxes will do.
2. In the Text tab, under Fancy, choose Drop cap: 2 lines, 3 lines or 4 lines.

The first letter of the story’s first paragraph becomes a large capital that sits down beside that many lines. Choose None to remove it.

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Add WordArt

1. Click Insert›, then WordArt.
2. Type your words in Text.
3. Under Shape, pick Straight, Arch Up, Arch Down, Wave or Button.
4. Click Insert, or press ↩Enter.

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The WordArt lands in the middle of the page as large, bold, blue text. It is a text box, so you change it the same way as any other text:

• Double-click it to change the words.
• Use the Home tab’s Font group to change the font, size and color.
• Change the shape later under Fancy›, then WordArt warp in the Format pane.

Turn text sideways

Under Fancy›, then Direction, choose Rotate 90° (up) or Rotate 270° (down) to run the text up or down the box, for example on a spine or a tear-off strip. Horizontal puts it back.

To tilt the whole box at any angle, drag the round handle above it, or use the Format pane’s Arrange tab.

If it still doesn’t work