作为一项跨平台、基于 Web 的服务,Google Docs是许多人在创建和托管个人文件和文档时的首选解决方案。
当使用准系统时,它可以简单地充当带有版本控制的记事本(Notepad),满足您所有的记事需求。但是,对于高级用户来说,它的意义远不止于此。
我们之前曾写过如何在Google Docs中将文档(Google Docs)更改为横向,但 Google (change a document to landscape orientation)Docs(Google Docs)中鲜为人知的功能之一是将文档拆分为多个列的能力。
这在您编写诸如小册子或简报之类的内容时非常有用,而且Google Docs支持创建包含两列或三列的文档。设置非常简单,让我们看看如何设置。
如何在
Google Docs中使用(Google Docs)多列(Multiple Columns)
要开始设置多列文档,请单击“格式(Format)”菜单选项并将“列(Columns)”悬停在展开的菜单上。在这里,您将看到一列、二列和三列的页面图标。
这三个页面图标让您一目了然,但单击更多选项...(More
Options…)可以更好地控制页面布局。
在此屏幕上,您可以选择一列、两列和三列,每列之间的间距(以英寸为单位),以及是否应该有一条可见的线分隔每列。完成后单击(Click) 应用(Apply)保存更改。
以下是使用 0.5 英寸间距和列之间的线的两列文档的外观:
您可能希望将文本更均匀地分布在每一列中,这可以通过使用分栏符来实现。
为此,请单击“插入(Insert)”菜单选项并将“中断(Break)”悬停
在展开的菜单上。在这里,选择分栏(Column
Break)符,将光标插入您希望文本在其后分行的确切位置。
您也不会被迫将整个文档分成几列。通过选择一个文本块,然后重复上述步骤来创建一个多列页面,您可以只将选定的文本分成几列。
如果您想完全恢复整个页面或文本块的多列格式,只需单击“格式”下“(Format)列(Columns)”菜单中单列页面的图标。
Google Docs已成长为Microsoft Word的最佳替代品之一,它提供的多栏功能非常简单且易于设置。如需两个文本编辑器之间的更多比较,请查看我们关于Google Docs 与 Microsoft Word(Google Docs vs. Microsoft Word)的文章。
Split a Document into Columns in Google Docs
As a cross-platform, web-based sеrvice, Google Dоcs is the go-to solution for many when it comes to creating and hosting personal files and documents.
When used barebones, it can act simply as Notepad with version control for all of your jotting needs. For advanced users, though, it’s so much more.
We previously wrote about how you can change a document to landscape orientation in Google Docs, but one of the lesser-known features available in Google Docs is the ability to split your document into multiple columns.
This is great when you’re writing something like a pamphlet or newsletter, and Google Docs supports creating documents with either two and three columns. It’s very simple to set up, so let’s look at how to do it.
How to Use Multiple Columns in
Google Docs
To get started setting up your multi-column
document, click on the Format menu
option and hover Columns on the
expanded menu. Here, you’ll see icons of pages with one, two, and three
columns.
These three page icons give you what you want
at a glance, but clicking on More
Options… offers more control over your page’s layout.
On this screen, you can select between one,
two, and three columns, the space (in inches) between each column, and if there
should be a visible line separating each column. Click Apply to save your changes when done.
Here’s how a two-column document using
0.5-inch spacing and a line between columns looks:
You may want to more evenly distribute your
text across each column, and that’s possible by using a column break.
To do so, click on the Insert menu option and hover Break
on the expanded menu. Here, select Column
Break with your cursor inserted at the exact location where you’d like for
text to break after.
You also aren’t forced to split your entire
document into columns. By selecting a block of text and then repeating the
steps above to create a multi-column page, you can break up only the selected
text into columns.
If you ever want to completely revert the multi-column formatting of your entire page or a block of text, simply click on the icon of the one-column page in the Columns menu under Format.
Google Docs has grown to become one of the best alternatives to Microsoft Word, and the multi-column functionality it provides is very simple and easy to set up. For more comparisons between the two text editors, check out our article on Google Docs vs. Microsoft Word.