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I am trying to format a dictionary in LaTeX (slipping occasionally
into straight TeX) and have run into a problem.  If anyone can help,
I would greatly appreciate it.

I want to create the standard dictionary style with two-columns per
page, and with the first defined word on the left page as part of
the left page header, and the last defined word on the right page
as part of the right page header.  For one-column format, you would
simply set each word with \mark{WORD}, and then use \firstmark (or
\topmark) and \botmark in the header definition to get the desired
result.  However, for two-columns, \firstmark (and \topmark) is set
to the first word on the second column of the left page.  I think
this is because TeX is creating an infinite half-width page and
updating \firstmark at every split.  The effect is as follows:

+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+ AAD                        1  +  2                        AAJ +
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
+                               +                               +
+ AAA - ...        AAD - ...    + AAG - ...                     +
+                               +                               +
+                               +                               +
+                               +                               +
+                               +                               +
+                  AAE - ...    +                   AAI - ...   +
+                               +                               +
+ AAB - ...                     +                               +
+                               +                               +
+                               +                               +
+                               + AAH - ...                     +
+ AAC - ...                     +                               +
+                               +                               +
+                               +                               +
+                  AAF - ...    +                   AAJ - ...   +
+                               +                               +
+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+

I need to make AAD in the left page heading show up as AAA.  Has
anyone had experience with this?  Any help would be appreciated.
Email or post and I will summarize if any solutions arise.  Thanks!

Kelly

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