How do I format TOC to 2 columns?

Good morning all. I have been searching and cannot find a clear answer to this question: Am I able to format my TOC into more than 1 column? I'd like to create a 2 column TOC, if possible. I am using a landscape orientation to a US legal size page.
I tried pre-formatting a discrete layout part within a page so it has 2 columns and insofar as text goes, the columns seem to work fine. However, when I try to generate my TOC, the result is always 1 single column that appears to be an uneditable unit. I can edit the TOC individual entry formatting, but not change the number of columns.
I already learned the hard way, Pages ignores everything before the TOC section, and won't even catch all my carefully crafted Headings. TOC function seems buggy, or at least opaque to me.
So... anybody out there know how to change the TOC generation from 1 column to 2 columns?
Thanks!
Russell

Insert a column break at the end of the TOC. Select the TOC and click in the Format bar the column button and choose 2.

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