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From: dlau@cs.utexas.edu (David Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Newsletter publication with TeX?
Message-ID: <383@ghidrah.cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 20 Sep 89 21:57:32 GMT
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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Sorry for posting to the net. I kept getting "User Unknown" messages
from your local mail daemon.

In article <1989Sep20.201106.6277@rpi.edu> you write:
>
>I'd like the newsletter to be in 2 columns (with the name of the
>newsletter across the top of the front page), have bold headlines, be
>able to include figures etc.  In general, I'd like it to like like a
>nicely formatted newsletter.
>
>To that end, I have a few requests:
>
>Does any one have a sample newsletter that I might take a look at
>to see how things might be accomplished?  It doesn't have to follow
>my proposed format (much of which, I'm sure, will be modified by 
>practicality).
>
>Better yet, has any one developed a set of macros or perhaps a 
>LaTeX style for newsletter production?
>

I just happen to be doing almost the same thing you do.

I have a set of Plain TeX macros that allow you to toggle between
single and double columns in mid page. Maybe that is what you want. I
can even send you the TeX file for the last issue of our newsletter as
a sample if you like. Simply reply to confirm.


--David

P.S. I have hacked on the macros for quite a while, so they should
work OK. The only thing I have not tried is inserting floating
figures; these may break the macros, but I don't know.