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From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Xiaofei Wang)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Single and double columns on same page in LaTeX
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Date: 9 Apr 91 21:03:01 GMT
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/* irv@cwi.nl (Irv Elshoff) wrote */:
* 
* I would like to create a LaTeX document that contains
* both single and double-column text on the same page.
* For example, something that looks like:
* 
* 	+--------------------+
* 	|  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  |
* 	|  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  |
* 	|  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  |
* 	|                    |
* 	|  xxxxxxx  xxxxxxx  |
* 	|  xxxxxxx  xxxxxxx  |
* 	|  xxxxxxx  xxxxxxx  |
* 	|  xxxxxxx  xxxxxxx  |
* 	|                    |
* 	|  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  |
* 	|  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  |
* 	|                    |
* 	|  xxxxxxx  xxxxxxx  |
* 	|  xxxxxxx  xxxxxxx  |
* 	|  xxxxxxx  xxxxxxx  |
* 	+--------------------+
* 
* Furthermore, I would like the text in the double-column
* parts to be automatically balanced, i.e., the bottoms of
* both columns should lie in a horizontal line (I accept
* the fact that the right-hand column might have to be one
* line shorter.)

``multicol.sty'' should be able to do this. It is ftp'able from
ymir.claremont.edu. See Raymond's supplement info or Don Hosek's
signature for more info.
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