Evenly Distribute Text Columns
- Click where you want your columns to begin.
- Scroll down where you would like your columns to end and press SHIFT + click, excluding the paragraph formatting mark. If you should include the paragraph formatting mark, press SHIFT + left arrow key.
- Go to Layout, Page Setup group, Columns, and select the number of columns you wish to create.
- A Section Break (continuous) appears and the columns are automatically balanced. See the diagrams below.

Before columns are balanced.

After columns are balanced.