Setting the column gap in a twocolumn (or multicol) document

Question

I have a document that uses twocolumn with scrbook. How can I set the width of the space between the two columns?

lockstep · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-26 17:34:41Z

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Use \setlength{\columnsep}{<width>} in the preamble of your document.

Changing \columnsep also works if you use the multicol package.

edited Mar 26 '12 at 17:34

answered Jul 31 '11 at 15:36

lockstep
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Thank you very much. – ℝaphink Jul 31 '11 at 15:40

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