Columns and Breaks – Healthicity Support

The Columns and Breaks features allow users to control how content is organized and displayed within a document. Columns can be used to create newsletter-style layouts, while breaks help control page, column, and section transitions without affecting existing content.

Create Columns
Insert Breaks

Create Columns

The Columns feature divides document content into multiple vertical columns.

Apply a Column Layout

Select the text you want to format, or place the cursor where the columns should begin.
Click the Layout tab.
Select Columns.
Choose the desired column layout.
The selected column layout is applied.

Available Column Layouts

Layout	Description
One	Displays content in a single column.
Two	Divides content into two equal columns.
Three	Divides content into three equal columns.
Left	Creates a narrow column on the left and a wider column on the right.
Right	Creates a wider column on the left and a narrow column on the right.

Create Custom Columns

The Custom Columns option allows users to define the number of columns and adjust column settings.

Steps to configure Custom Columns:

Click Layout → Columns → Custom Columns.
Enter the desired number of columns.
Configure the column settings.
Click OK. The custom column layout is applied.

Setting	Description
Number of Columns	Specifies how many columns to create.
Width	Sets the width of each column.
Spacing	Controls the space between columns.
Equal Column Width	Applies the same width to all columns.
Column Divider	Displays a vertical line between columns.

Insert Breaks

The Breaks feature controls how content flows between pages, columns, and sections within a document. Users can insert Page Breaks, Column Breaks, and different types of Section Breaks to organize content and apply separate formatting settings where needed.

📄 Learn More

The Breaks feature in the Layout tab provides the same functionality as the Breaks options in the Insert tab. Refer to the Pages and Breaks article for instructions on inserting and managing page, column, and section breaks.

Create Columns

Apply a Column Layout

Create Custom Columns

Insert Breaks

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