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From: texinfo1@rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Rainer Schoepf)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: help: double-column LaTeX style with aligned columns on last page
Message-ID: <1991May8.170029.14015@rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
Date: 8 May 91 17:00:29 GMT
References: <1422@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au>
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In article <1422@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> mcba@newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU (Michael C. B. Ashley) writes:
>Hi,
>
>Problem:
>
>     Page N-1              Page N
>   .___________.        .___________.
>   |textt|ttext|        |textt|xttex|
>   |extte|textt|        |extte|ttext|
>   |xttex|extte|        |xttex|textt|
>   |textt|xtext|        |textt|xttex|
>   |extte|textt|        |extte|ttext|
>   |xttex|extte|        |     |     |
>   |textt|xtext|        |     |     |
>   |extte|textt|        |     |     |
>   |xttex|extte|        |     |     |
>   +-----------+        +-----------+
>
>i.e., I want to align the column ends on the last page of a document. I
>realize that this is done in The TeX Book, but can't see how to add it
>to LaTeX. Presumably this is a FAQ, however, I have not been a reader of
>this news group until recently and haven't seen it so far. If someone
>could mail me a style file it would be a great help.
>
>Thanks!
>Michael Ashley mcba@newt.phys.unsw.oz.au Astrophysics Dept. 
>University of New South Wales, Australia.


I suggest that you try Frank Mittelbach's excellent multicol style
option, which does exactly what you want. This is available from all
good servers, like ymir.claremont.edu, aston.ac.uk, or
rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de. You might also ask the Heidelberg
listserver (LISTSERV@DHDURZ1.bitnet) to send it to you. 

Rainer Schoepf