Is there any way to keep a notes text object together and show it in two columns, or multiple?

I do not think so. Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me how.

I can copy the 2nd half of this notes text object, and paste it into another text object, and align both objects along top so that they appear next to each other.

Or, copy the whole object and delete the second half from the first and the first half from the second.

Either way, it's two objects. I maintain note section numbering through it, and the numbering of the second object needs reset to begin after the previous value.