PSE'97/ESCAPE'7: LaTeX formatting example

These instructions assumes LaTeX2e

Start out your document with:

  \documentclass[10pt]{article}
  \usepackage{times,a4}

By default, LaTeX inserts a pagebreak when switching from one to two columns. There are (at least) two ways to get around this without writing your own style-file.

method #1: use the \date{} field

  \twocolumn
  \date{\textbf{Abstract:} Continue writing abstract here}
  \begin{document}
  \maketitle
       paper content goes here
  \end{document}

method #2: use the multicols package

  \usepackage{multicol}
  \date{}
  \begin{document}
  \maketitle
  \begin{abstract}
     write abstract here
  \end{abstract}
  \begin{multicols}{2}
     paper content goes here
  \end{multicols}
  \end{document}

If you tex-installation doesn't include the multicol style-file, you may either download it now or replace "\usepackage{multicol}" with "\usepackage{doc}" in the above example.

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Last modified: Mon Feb 3 21:50:56 MET 1997