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Article #2606Re: 2 Column Formatting
From: nils-peter.nelson
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 15:00
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 15:00
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If you use the -ms macros, you will indeed get a page break between the 2 column and subsequent 1 column text. If you use -mm, there is no page break but neither will there be an attempt to balance the 2 column section. If the 2C text first column doesn't reach the bottom-of-page trap, you'll get a blank space where the 2nd column would go. Everything works correctly if you used the -mpm macros. -mpm dynamically invokes a compose-time program (pm, for "page makeup") which is an expert-system of sorts for column balancing, figure placement, etc. -mpm and pm are on the DWB 3.1 source tape. For documentation, see followup to article 5442 below.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!emory!att!cbnewsl!npn From: npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: 2 Column Formatting Summary: -mpm package needed for esthetic multicolumn troff Message-ID: <1991Mar12.150014.23635@cbnewsl.att.com> Date: 12 Mar 91 15:00:14 GMT References: <1680@hsi.hsi.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17