Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!en.ecn.purdue.edu!steele@en.ecn.purdue.edu From: steele@en.ecn.purdue.edu@ecn.purdue.edu (Richard A. Steele) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: More one/twocolumn questions Summary: multicol does the trick Keywords: multicol, columns Message-ID: <1990Sep10.033142.20051@ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 10 Sep 90 03:31:42 GMT References: <218@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu> Sender: steele@en.ecn.purdue.edu Organization: Purdue University Lines: 38 In article smith@zeus.harvard.edu (Steven Smith) writes: > > I am looking for a sophisticated TeX or LaTeX double column macro capable > of the following: > > i) Double/Single column capability on the same page (LaTeX > starts a new page each time its format is switched from > \doublecolumn to \singlecolumn). > Since there seems to be general interest on the net, I think I should mention that I have a copy of Frank Mittelbach's multicol environment. Not only can you define several columns (I've gone as high as three), but you can switch between any number of columns (inlcluding, say, two and one). I'm not sure where I got it from, but I'd be willing to E-mail copies to anyone who asks; a deluge of requests aside, I'll try to get a copy of it to you as soon as possible. Question: I have version 1.2a (dated 90/02/05), which was considered preliminary when I got it. Does anyone know if there is a later version? Mr. Mittelbach promised a version that could handle floats within the columns; something I've needed to do for awhile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Steele | INTERNET : steele@en.ecn.purdue.edu Electrical Engineering | BITNET : steele%ea.ecn.purdue.edu@purccvm Purdue University | UUCP : {purdue, pur-ee}!en.ecn.purdue.edu!steele ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Steele | INTERNET : steele@en.ecn.purdue.edu Electrical Engineering | BITNET : steele%ea.ecn.purdue.edu@purccvm Purdue University | UUCP : {purdue, pur-ee}!en.ecn.purdue.edu!steele