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title: How to make a session cross columns in the program timetable
description: Learn how to make a session go across (two) columns in the program builder.
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# How to make a session cross columns in the program timetable

## Learn how to make a session cross several columns in the program builder.

Please note: This information is for Admins Only!

 

From your Event Dashboard, **click** on **Conference → Program → Builder**

![](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20at%2015-28-38-png.png?width=323&height=343&name=Screenshot%202024-03-18%20at%2015-28-38-png.png)

On the next screen, find the session you wish to move across both columns and **click on the Move Tool.**

![](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20at%2015-35-41-png.png)

Now **click** on the **right-hand edge of the session** and **drag it into the next column**. 

![](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20at%2015-35-51-png.png)

Let go of the mouse button, and your session will now straddle both columns.

![](https://help.oxfordabstracts.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20at%2015-35-58-png.png)

If you want to undo this, click the Move Tool and drag the session back to its original column.

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