[texhax] multicols package?

Lars Madsen daleif at imf.au.dk
Sat Feb 12 00:25:30 CET 2005


Christopher W. Ryan :

> I want to have two columns on just part of my page, and one column elsewhere 
> on the same page.  From what I read, multicols can do this. But on CTAN, I 
> can only find the documentation files (dtx) for multicols.  Where can I find 
> the actual package, with the necessary .sty files?
>
> Running MikTex on Win98.
>
> Thanks.
>

if it's not already on your system update your MikTeX, it also has a 
pacakge manager.

otherwise: download the .dtx *and* the .ins fil

compile the .ins file using latex this creates the .sty file

compiling the .dtx file using pdflatex or latex gives you the 
documentation.

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/daleif

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