columns
1 sub-question across 1 paper, 3 marks total.
Computer Applications Technology 2026
Change the paragraph(s) starting 'The Pitch Day featured…' and ending '…average (Ndlovu)' under 'A Platform for Youth Innovation' (pages 5–6) to 2 columns, with a line between and the first column 7 cm wide.
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Select from the start of "The Pitch Day featured…" to the end of "…average (Ndlovu)" (click at the start, Shift+click at the end).
Layout → Columns → More Columns…
Choose Two. Tick Line between.
Untick Equal column width. Set column 1 Width = 7 cm. Column 2 adjusts automatically.
Apply to: Selected text. OK.
Why this earns the marks
marks for two columns, line between, first column 7 cm. Equal column width must be off, otherwise Word forces both columns to match, which directly contradicts an instruction asking for one specific, uneven width. "Selected text" makes Word wrap the passage in continuous section breaks so the heading and rest of the page stay single column — columns, like line numbering and margins, are a section property, so only the selected passage can become its own section while everything around it is left alone. The paper tells you to ignore the page border change, which happens because the new sections affect the "first page only" border from 2.1: inserting section breaks changes which pages count as part of that first section, a side effect of the same section mechanism rather than a mistake on your part.