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How to set make two columns of last page equal length?

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Wang, Yu

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May 27, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/27/00
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Hi all,

I want to produce a two-column paper with the two columns in the last
page have the same height. (The default for LaTeX is to fill the left
column first, then the right, so the lengths are not equal.) Is there
any package or trick that can do this?

Thank you very much.


Regards,
wangyu


Joseph Hertzlinger

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May 28, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/28/00
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On Sat, 27 May 2000 09:51:46 +0800, Wang, Yu <engp...@nus.edu.sg> wrote:

>I want to produce a two-column paper with the two columns in the last
>page have the same height. (The default for LaTeX is to fill the left
>column first, then the right, so the lengths are not equal.) Is there
>any package or trick that can do this?

\usepackage{multicol}

Wang, Yu

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May 28, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/28/00
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Thanks.

But the problem is that {multicol} package doesn't support floats between
\begin{multicols}{#no}
\end{multicols}
and it warns that it doesn't work well with the existing "twocolumn" option
in {article} or other class files.

Can you provide further suggestions.


regards,
wangyu

Donald Arseneau

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May 28, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/28/00
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"Wang, Yu" <engp...@nus.edu.sg> writes:

> > >I want to produce a two-column paper with the two columns in the last
> > >page have the same height.

> But the problem is that {multicol} package doesn't support floats ...

That's why I always recommend balancing by hand if this is the
only feature needed.

Before printing the final copy, see where the break should be to
balance columns. Insert \newpage there.

Donald Arseneau as...@triumf.ca

Wang, Yu

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May 29, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/29/00
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Thank you.

However, I find hand adjusting to be somewhat difficult. Say, the last page is
composed of two figures, which is arranged by LaTeX automatically and
bibliography is put to the second to last page (I am using BibTeX). If I put a
\newpage in the middle of the two figures, LaTeX will do a prematured page
break. On the other hand, I can't or shouldn't put a pagebreak in the middle
of bib items or bib file. Right?

I wonder if anyone can provide more elegant solutions.

Thank you all again.

Regards,
wangyu

Sigitas Tolusis

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May 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM5/31/00
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Wang, Yu <engp...@nus.edu.sg> wrote in message
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> Hi all,

>
> I want to produce a two-column paper with the two columns in the last
> page have the same height. (The default for LaTeX is to fill the left
> column first, then the right, so the lengths are not equal.) Is there
> any package or trick that can do this?
>

Use the package flushend.sty from http://www.vtex.lt/tex/download/macros/

Regards,
Sigitas Tolusis

Wang, Yu

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Jun 1, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/1/00
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Thank you very much. It really works fine.

regards,
wangyu

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