I have a multiple choice exam I've written in MS Word 2016 with the following question format:
1. Question text that is usually long enough to cross the entire page
A. Answer Choice 1
B. Answer Choice 2
C. Answer Choice 3
D. Answer Choice 4
E. Answer Choice 5
I'd like to find a way to quickly convert the answers (A:E) to be formatted into columns to save space.
- However, the question lines need to remain as single (really, non) columns so they can stretch across the page.
End result would be something visually similar to this:
1. Question text that is usually long enough to cross the entire page
A. Answer Choice 1 C. Answer Choice 3 E. Answer Choice 5
B. Answer Choice 2 D. Answer Choice 4
2. Next question....
I've discovered I can use the Find and Replace tool to quickly insert column breaks (^n).
- E.g., Find:
^pC.
; Replace:^nC.
However, this simply just moves the C
line to a new page instead of to a new column. I assume the issue is that I don't already have an existing column format structure in place.
Is there a way to quickly add column format to all of my answer lines but not to my question lines?