{multicol} is about the multicol package and its multicols environment which allows to typeset text in multiple columns (up to 10) and to balance the end of each column at the end of the environment. For questions about multi-column areas inside a table, use {tables} plus {multicolumn} instead.
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Problem with multirow and table cell borders
I'm pulling my hair with the rendering of table cell borders when using multirow and multicol. In the below example, the double-lines in the table's "header" do not extend to the table top, and even ...
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votes
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Two columns within mdframed frame
I want to add a simple two-column text within framed frame. I tried multicols as
\begin{mdframed}
\setlength{\columnsep}{10pt}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{itemize}
TEXT
\end{itemize}
...
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Placing figures inside a two-column document
I'm trying to get images in my document in two different ways:
On top of the entire page, centered
On top of a single column
I tried it with both twocols and multicols. I ruled out twocols because ...
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votes
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Multicols breaking short passages unnaturally
I have a problem in multicols environment, where short text passages that happen to land on a single page split like so
I am the very model | general. I've information
of a modern major ...
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Text justification within multicols environment
I'm using this 3-column layout.
\begin{multicols}{3}
[.. a lot of text ..]
\end{multicols}
I want to left-align the text in the left column, center the text in the middle column, and right-align ...
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multicols breaking in middle causing out of ordered matrix
The following example shows that multicols treats pagebreaks as separate orderings.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry}\geometry{a4paper}
\usepackage{multicol,tikz}
...
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last column of multicols has excessive whitespace
The last column of a multicols has extra whitespace that is not needed (as visually the margin will do):
\begin{multicols}{3}
\begin{description}
\item[asdf] - fdasdf
\item[asdf] - fdasdf
\item[asdf] ...
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How do I force TeX to completely use the 1st column?
How do I force TeX to completely use the 1st column before writing to the second column?
Right now I dont have enough content to fill one whole page. So the left and right columns are equally filled, ...
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votes
1answer
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How to set the width of columns in tex?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
lots of text goes here.
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
If I add lots of text, I get two columns, but there ...
4
votes
1answer
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Divide the page into 2 parts
I have text, formulas and an enumeration. I tried to use multicols, but it divides the text where it wants. I used tabular, but it don't allow to have an enumeration or I don't know how to do it.
In ...
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votes
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Align baseline in multicol
I'm using the multicol package and would like to align the baseline of the two columns. The simple use of a \paragraph heading seems to throw off the alignment, which can be pretty jarring visually. ...
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votes
2answers
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How can I make todo comments when using the multicol package?
I need to use the multicol package and I want to have todo items in the margin. I found the todonotes package which looked very promising:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{todonotes}
...
7
votes
1answer
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Reduce vertical spacing itemize and multicols
I have added code to reduce the spacing before itemize. However, when I use multicols still a lot of extra vertical white space is added (see the space before the subitems).
Does anyone know how to ...
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votes
3answers
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Is it possible to define a multicolumn environment with a background colour
EDIT: I should have given a MWE based on memoir (which I am using) where the inner and outer margins are initially different. I would like the margins to be the same in that new environment. (Inner ...
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Margin notes in a multicolumn environment
I have been typesetting a two-columned book where I sometimes need to put a mark in the margin to say, that particular line might need special attention. (The book is actually a psalter - for ...
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votes
1answer
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Multicols custom column width
I need to use multicol package to create columns of custom width. I am unable to figure out how to achieve this.
I would also need to switch from one column to another based on specific content.
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votes
2answers
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Left aligning text inside multicols environment
I am using the multicol package. I was wondering if anyone knew how to correct the ugly looking spacing of words. It tries to align them so that each line takes up a column but that means some text ...
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votes
1answer
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How do I use supertabular with my tabular code?
I'm trying to create a list of notation, but I've been unable to use nomencl as I would like so I'm using a table. I'd like the table to split as it goes over to the second column (the working example ...
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votes
1answer
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permissions and acknowledgments in publish LaTeX-composed material
I've just completed composing a scholarly book using LaTeX and it has been accepted for publication. Are there legal requirements for 1) acknowledgments or 2) permissions connected with the use of ...
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vote
1answer
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What goes wrong with combining multicolumn and tabular
When I try the following code I get some errors about misplaced \noalign, however I almost entirely copied the code from the wikipage. What is going wrong?
\begin{table}[hbt]
\centering
...
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vote
2answers
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Multicomn with just 2 lines
I desire make a template as
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
line 1 I line a
line 2 I line b
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Another text
The I are just column localization.
I found the multicol package but ...
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votes
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How to float figure within multicol text
I have a simple two-column text, and want to place figures within the text. I used this code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\begin{document}
...
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votes
2answers
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Balancing long table inside multicol in LaTeX
I would like to put some longer tabular data inside the multicols environment while maintaining its balancing abilities. I have tried supertabular with the trick to redefine \newpage as columnbreak. ...
4
votes
2answers
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Hypcap not working with custom figure environment
I'm trying to use caption with hypcap=true so that cross-reference hyperlinks will go to the figure instead of the figure caption. However, I'm using a multicol environment with a custom figure ...
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2answers
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Setting tabular width
I'm using a tabular within multicols and would like to make a table extend its second column right to the edge of the column within multicols, so the column is pushed over but the text is still left ...
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votes
2answers
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Replacement for picins, for wrapping text around some construct within multicols?
Within the multicols environment I would like to wrap text around a makebox construct. The description of picins in The LaTeX Companion, 2nd ed., makes it sound ideal, but it's no longer being ...
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votes
3answers
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How to get a better spacing in nested multicols environments?
The following code produces an output that has badly-spaced contents. My objective is to write an exercise with multiple choice questions. Each option may have a figure.
The red arrows indicate the ...
10
votes
1answer
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graphics - dynamic image placement
This is a follow up to my post here: Graphics - Images off the page in multicolumn environment
Using C#, XML, SQL, and LaTeX, I've managed to create a system which retrieves database information and ...
4
votes
1answer
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Accidental indent in multicols environment
I have some ugly (?) code that produces a vertical bar to the left of Sections. All is well until I introduce multicols right after the section start. That gives me an undesired indent for the first ...
7
votes
1answer
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Displaying verse numbers on the left of corresponding column in multi-colmn text
I have two-column text that consists of multiple verses that are numbered sequentially. Imagine a text like below flowing into page in two columns.
1 Text for verse one that belongs to first verse. 2 ...
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votes
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Are there any LaTeX packages for multicolumn typesetting besides multicol?
I'm going to need two-column layout (more advanced than LaTeX's \twocolumn - I'll need changing the number of columns without starting a new page or column balancing); however, due to the nature of ...
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votes
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Tables header row's: how to ignore the column type?
I have several column types defined using the array and collcell package. An example
\newcolumntype{N}{>{\collectcell\num}c<{\endcollectcell}}
This alleviates making tables a lot, and makes ...
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Is it possible to define a `multicols{2}` preamble switch that works for \chapter?
With standard LaTeX, issuing \twocolumn in the preambe causes the document to be typeset in two columns -- except that \chapter will produce separate one-column chapter headings.
\documentclass{book}
...
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votes
1answer
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Subtable inside a table / Adjusting table column width on the fly
I've been fiddling with the following table for a while, and have some minor issues.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[!ht]
...
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votes
2answers
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Full width code listing within two column text
I am using multicols to create two columns for body text. For code typesetting I am using the listings package. For the latter I have created an environment using \lstnewenvironment command, used as ...
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votes
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Multicol - don't wrap
I have two-columned page by multicol:
\begin{multicols}{2}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...
\end{multicols}
It there any way to ban wrapping to the second column. What I mean is, that I ...
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votes
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Table of contents without title
I would like to have two-columned table of contents:
\begin{multicols}{2}
\tableofcontents
\end{multicols}
But it looks wierd if I have a title included in two columns - second ...
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votes
1answer
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How do I get rid of this line spacing after multicols?
How do I get rid of the extra spacing after multicols?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{anysize}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{multicol}
\begin{document}
...
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votes
2answers
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Horizontal lines touching the multicol column separator rule
Is there a possibility to put a horizontal line above and below a multicolumn output (using the multicol package) such that the horizontal lines touch the multicol column separator exactly at its ...
5
votes
1answer
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Keeping checkboxes aligned using the Exam class
I'm using the exam class in a multicols environment to create a series of worksheets. Many questions are yes/no. If the question is too long, it wraps to the next line and moves the answers. Is there ...
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vote
1answer
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Subcolumns with multicol and the exam class
I'm using the multicol package with the exam class to create 2 sub-columns within a multicols environment for checkbox answers when the answers are short and one word. There is a significant amount of ...
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votes
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How to place two code snippets next to each other with minted?
The minted package for code highlighting comes with a float environment called listing. Now I would like to place two of this code listings next to each other, but I have no idea how to do this. I ...
4
votes
2answers
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A screenplay with two columns only in some pages. And in one page there can be a mixed number of column
I would like to write a screenplay like this one:
http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/sunset_bld_3_21_49.html
My needs are:
some pages has one column
some pages has two column
some pages are like ...
3
votes
1answer
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Include floated figure in two column environment
I'm using a two column layout and I'm trying to get a figure to appear on the bottom of the page it's currently on. Floats don't work natively in a multicol environment.
Right now I'm getting around ...
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votes
1answer
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How to wrap text in a cell (without any explicit lengths)
I'm hoping to wrap text in a single "mega-cell" at the end of a table.
----------------------
| header1 | header 2 |
----------------------
| entry1 | entry 2 |
----------------------
| ...
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votes
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Ugly whitespace with multicols
Why is there ugly whitespace in the first column? How do I remove it?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{multicol}
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{3}
...
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votes
1answer
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How do I create the headings for this multirow multicolum table?
I wish to create a table that looks like the following:
+-------++--------------------------++--------------------------+
| || Category A || Category B |
| Title ...
4
votes
1answer
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How to limit hyphenation in a multicol environment?
I have a LaTeX document (compiling with pdflatex), with the multicols and microtype package enabled.
The document is using two cols using the \begin{multicols}{2} ...\end{multicols} environment.
...
2
votes
1answer
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How does one make a single block of text span two columns using multicols?
I have a document that uses the multicols package to create a 3-column layout with three sections inside. For the first column, I have two sections followed by a column break. For the second and third ...
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votes
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column header for multicols
I would like to add a fixed content (produced by e.g. \parbox) at the top of every column of a multicols* environment. How can I do this? The optional argument of multicols* is only added on the first ...
