Similar to How do I force a column-break in a multi-column page? I want to force a column-break in a two-column document.
\columnbreak
seems to be undefined without the multicol package.
asked Feb 10, 2011 at 17:02
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use \newpage instead. A twocolumn document is for TeX the same as two half pages side by side
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You may need to precede it with a \\ Otherwise the first line after the \newpage is still on the previous page. (happened to me)– BartJan 19, 2021 at 10:43
Just use \newpage. And use \clearpage for a new page.
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3@AlecJacobson: For the uneducated (but intrigued) among us: Can you elaborate/explain?– Make42Jul 10, 2020 at 14:48
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3@CampanIgnis: Now, that I am reading this again: I think that might not be it. Or what would you writing it again have anything to do with Orwell? I think, Alex means that one does not use "newpage" to get a new page, but clearpage to get a new page. This sound very counterintuitive and "clearpage" for a new page is also unexpected: one might think that it removes a page, but you actually get a new page... The reference to Orwell is due to the "new speak" in Orwell's "big brother" (if I recall correctly), which is a "language" which distorts (on purpose) the meaning of words to subdue people.– Make42Mar 8, 2021 at 8:32
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1@Make42 I thought of Orwell's book "nineteen eighty-four" and one institution spying on someone which consequently allows to steal ideas. \clearpage (and \cleardoublepage) for a new page are not counterintuitive as it is a well known command which is described in tex.stackexchange.com/a/45619/128553 and elsewhere. Every LaTeX instruction book needs to include this command. But I agree that a new command \clearcolumn or \newcolumn like in would be more intuitive than \newpage here. I did not thought about the newspeak aspect. Btw, Orwell should not be reduced to "nineteen eighty-four". Mar 8, 2021 at 11:24
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1@CampanIgnis You're right, Orwell should not be reduced to 1984. So, O'Brien would be proud. Jan 25 at 11:41