I would like to span the name of the letters in twocolumn mode so the letters appear in the center of the page.
ME.
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,twocolumn]{extbook}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\newcommand*{\dictchar}[1]{
\clearpage
\centerline{\parbox[c][3cm][c]{2cm}{%
\fontsize{24}{24}
\selectfont
{#1}}}\par
}
% BASIC PAGE STYLE
\fancypagestyle{basicstyle}{%
\fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% No header rule
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}% No footer rule
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}% Page in footer, centred
}
% INDEX PAGE STYLE
\fancypagestyle{indexstyle}{%
\fancyhf{}% Clear header/footer
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}% 0.4pt header rule
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}% No footer rule
\fancyhead[C]{\thepage}% Page in footer, centred
}
% DICTIONARY PAGE STYLE
\fancypagestyle{dictstyle}{%
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LE,LO]{{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont{\textbf{\rightmark}}}}
\fancyhead[CO,CE]{\thepage}%the page numbers will be printed when the dictionary is ready
\fancyhead[RE,RO]{{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont{\textbf{\leftmark}}}}}
% middle rule
\setlength{\columnsep}{20pt}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0.1pt}
\begin{document}
\twocolumn
\pagestyle{dictstyle}
\dictchar{E e}
\lipsum[1-20]
\dictchar{F f}
\lipsum[1-20]
\end{document}
extbook
? – Johannes_B Jan 12 '15 at 15:13