When using columns, it's important to understand how they can change the flow, overall look, and organization of the piece you're making. They essentially determine how readable something is.
One column is just as it sounds. Full page, standard spacing, neatly placed in the center, and typically aligned to the left (it's anyone's guess, sometimes people like to get crazy).
Two columns or more usually are used for more professional settings and can allow more information to be spread on a page if set up right. However, anything over two columns can accidentally look clunky and have the reader's eye in too many places at once, but only if their text looks "off", like if the font was too small or the font was not appropriate for column format.
(That's just how I see it, at least.)
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