[texhax] Switching between one and two columns

[Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)]

> I think I have read somewhere that it is possible to switch 
> from one- to two-column and back in the middle of a page.  
> Whicj package do you use for that?

you can do this in a couple of ways:

\begin{tabular}{p{.45\textwidth}p{.45\textwidth}}
some text in the left column, justified, of course
some text in the left column, justified, of course
some text in the left column, justified, of course
& 
and much more text 
some text in the right column, justified, of course
\\
\end{tabular}

as mentioned you can use the multicolumns package

I also use minipage to do this:

\begin{minipage}{.45\textwidth}
text on the left
\end{minipage}
\hfill
\begin{minipage}{.45\textwidth}
text on the right
\end{minipage}

Ron Fehd  the {SAS} macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov