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mdframed in two column book vertical alignment problem (first page only) [duplicate]
I am trying to align the columns of the first page but without success into the mdframed. Any ideas?
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twocolumn,twoside]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{mdframed}
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Using \vfill* prints the asterisk
I'm using \vfill* to unbalance columns in a twocolumn environment. The columns are filled with a series of figure environments that I'm using to keep blocks of text together. I would like the ...
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Figure and text vertical alignment in two column document
I am trying to set a layout for a twocolumn book with a particular page layout (specified with the geometry package) and with the text in both columns aligned to each other. For this I've already ...
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Even columns in document with long bibliography
I am writing a document in two column format and the last two pages are devoted to the bibliography, which I generate with BibTeX. I need to finish the last page with the two columns having the same ...
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Problem balancing two column memoir
I have a problem using \balance on this document:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt,twocolumn]{memoir}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{balance}
\balance
\begin{document}
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Balancing columns, last page of index (using memoir class)
I've just received (very final, I hope) editing requests from the production people at CUP, and -- at the last minute -- they are asking for the two columns of the final page of the index of my book ...
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Uneven columns in two-column paper format [closed]
I am writing a paper in two-column format. I avoid using the multicol package as I deal with quite a bit of within-column figures and would rather have them float. However, I am facing a problem that ...
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Balance package messes up vertical space between lines in second column [closed]
I am writing an article with the ACM Sigplan class and want to balance the two columns on the last page of my text (before the bibliography section, which is on a separate page).
I usually use the ...
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Balance/flush columns at the end of each chapter in twocolumn layout
In a twocolumn layout, how can I balance columns at the end of each chapter?
Package multicol is not appreciated because it doesn't offer nice float placement in the columns (floats are not allowed ...
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How can I automatically force a column break at the end of a twocolumn document? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to balance last page of two-column layout?
I need force a column break at the end of the document if the text doesn't complete all the last page, so that the column ...
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How to level columns in bibliography?
I have been writing a scientific paper il Latex for an IEEE conference.
The paper style is in 2 columns, and the last page of the paper contains a part of bibliography references.
These last ...
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How to retain the double-column formatting of the previous page after \clearpage?
I'd like to have some additional material after a paper, starting on a new page. For this purpose I'm using \clearpage or \cleardoublepage (\newpage doesn't work the way I want). Unfortunately, while ...
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How can I balance the last two columns of ACM SIGPLAN article?
I need to balance the heights of the last two columns of my ACM article that is typeset using sigplanconf.cls. This class file defines the following command:
\newcommand{\balancecolumns}{%
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2answers
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how to typeset RTL document with two columns flush AND two-column footnotes
I'm working on a set of documents in Hebrew. My general workflow is I type reStructuredText, run it through rst2xetex and then typeset with XeLaTeX. What I can't figure out how to do is create a ...
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\pagebreak and two-column text
When I use \pagebreak in a two-column text, the paragraphs are spread out by vertical spaces only in the current column, so the whole page looks unbalanced (the right column has large spaces between ...
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sig-alternate class, and twocolumn unbalanced bottom alignment problem
EDIT: turns out the below is not really a requirement for ACM - but still a good Latex exercise, I reckon :)
I have bumped into a problem with the Alternate ACM LaTeX2e Style File V2.4 (APRIL 2009 ...
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1answer
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How to make {multicols}{2} the same as \twocolumn ?
Using \begin{multicols}{2} gives me unexpected results. It seems like if I write 8 lines, then it divides by 2, then puts 4 lines in the left column and then the other 4 in the right column (see ...
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Setting the same distance from the top of the page for chapter and index titles
I noticed that the distance from the top of the page to the chapter title differs from the table of contents and list of <> ones. I can see why, as these elements have specific purposes and ...
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How to balance last page of two-column layout?
I create a document in two-column-layout with LaTeX (and Koma-Script, if that is relevant). The two-column-layout is defined in documentclass. The last page of an chapter fills the left column first - ...
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2answers
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Uneven text distribution with two-column layout
I am comfortable with creating basic LaTeX documents and making minor modifications to templates I can find online, but not much more. The Oxford Bioinformatics journal has an awesome template here ...
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1answer
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How can I unbalance double columns in revtex4?
It seems that revtex4 tries to automatically balance the lengths of the two columns on the last page of a double-column document. I would like to know how to turn this off. Unfortunately, all the ...
