[texhax] multicols package?

[Christopher W. Ryan]

Found it already on my system.  Thanks everyone.  I was looking for 
multicol package in MikTex package manager.  I was unaware that 
multicol.sty is actually a component of another package called tools.

--Chris Ryan

Lars Madsen wrote:
> 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.
>