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One way to create two-column newsletters (with a title banner
across the top of first page) is to model your preamble after
the following.  The body can include boldface, or whatever
commands you want for section heads, etc.

David J. Buerger
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Creating newsletters is not \LaTeX\/'s forte.  Nevertheless,
it is possible to create two-column newsletters with \LaTeX\/.
The simplest method I've found to create a banner across the
top of the first page, followed by two-column text underneath,
is to use the following sample preamble outline:

     \documentstyle[twocolumn]{article}
     \topmargin 0pt 
     \headsep 0pt
     \headheight 0pt
     \textheight 8.8in 
     \textwidth 6.5in
     \columnsep 20pt
     \columnseprule .5pt
     \setlength{\parskip}{.5em}
     \begin{document}
     \title{\Large\begin{center}{\it UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS} \\
     \vspace{2 mm}
     \Huge
     {\bf COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT NEWS} \\
     \end{center}
     \vspace{6 mm}
     \small
     The monthly student newsletter published by 
         \hfill Noreen Edwards, Editor \\
     the Computer Science Dept. \hfill 
         November 1990
     \vspace{1 mm}
     \hrule}
     \author{}
     \date{}
     \maketitle


\noindent The newsletter's body follows this banner in two-column
mode.  These parameters create a two-column newsletter on 
$8\frac{1}{2}\times 11$ inch paper.  The banner is created by 
manipulating the title page commands discussed in 
Section~\ref{sec:tp}.  You can experiment with
the example's to create different banners.