Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!spam.engin.umich.edu!oliveria
From: oliveria@caen.engin.umich.edu (ROQUE DONIZETE DE OLIVEIRA)
Subject: how to allocate a vertical space that spawns 2 columns in twocolumn documentstyle ?
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.005428.21519@engin.umich.edu>
Keywords: twocolumn, vertical, space, figure, table
Sender: news@engin.umich.edu (CAEN Netnews)
Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 00:54:28 GMT

In latex, using the twocolumn documentstyle (or some other style that would produce
two-column output), is it possible to allocate a vertical space that spawns both columns ?
I want it to look like this:
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |                                                                          |
     |                                                                          |
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1 blah1-blah1      blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2 blah2-blah2
     

Thanks.

   Roque Oliveira
   oliveria@caen.engin.umich.edu