Reply To: Auto align tops of various length paragraphs across text boxes

Try this which works in CS5 and, if I recall correctly, also in CS4: select the text in any one column (Select All), then go Table > Covert text to Table and set your preferences and you should now have each para in a separate cell.

However, this doesn't necessarily solve the problem of the tops of the paras lining up. You may have to go through manually and add a Return at the end of certain cells to make sure they all run to the same depth across the page.