How do I format a document to have more than three columns?

14 Views Asked by At

Google Docs currently only allows formatting documents with one, two, or three columns. AppScript does not appear to be able to set the column format. How can I format a document with four or more columns?

1

There are 1 best solutions below

0
Zaaier On

Editing the HTML of the page can allow you to set more than three columns. Open the column options dialogue by selecting Format > Columns > More options. Locate the "Number of columns" dropdown's HTML element in the code inspector. There will be three similar elements. The currently-selected dropdown element's "tabindex" field will be set to 0. The other two will be set to -1. Modify the "data-value" field of the currently-selected dropdown element to 4.

Screenshot of Google Docs, editing HTML

Hit apply. Your text will be formatted with four columns.

Result of creating four columns