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joseph lavinus (comp.text.tex, october 12) asks two questions --
is there a filter to convert between latex and framemaker, and
are there any latex styles that have a one-column abstract on
two-column text.

i don't know anything useful about framemaker, but i do know of
a couple of latex styles that have a one-column abstract in a
two-column design.  they are the styles for the tugboat proceedings
and for the decus proceedings.  you can look up tugboat issues
v.12 #1, 3, and 4 to see the output of the former.

the tugboat proceedings style is ltugproc.sty and it requires
ltugboat.sty and tugboat.cmn; all three files can be found at
labrea.stanford.edu in the directory /tex/tugboat .  a documentation
file is there as well -- guidepro.tex -- but it is plain-based, so
to tex and print it will also require tugboat.sty.

the decus proceedings style is deproc.sty and it can be found at
ymir.claremont.edu though i'm not sure just where.  a file
deprocldc.tex contains user documentation.

it's very likely that neither of these is exactly what you want.
however, both are based ultimately on article.sty with the twocol
option, and they should contain enough information to permit you
to concoct your own style or style option.

for other ideas, you might look in david m jones's tex index for
the keyword two-column.  i think that all the major styles that
use a two-column format are suitably marked.  (i admit to having
had a hand both in writing the styles cited above and in helping
to fill out the keyword info in the index.)
good luck.					-- bb