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by gtilma
Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:40 pm
Forum: Page Layout
Topic: ! Dimension too large (multicol)
Replies: 2
Views: 5430

! Dimension too large (multicol)

I'm working with a document using multicol so I can insert column breaks at certain points and have run into the following problem: the document compiles the first 3 pages just fine, then if I insert another \columnbreak, which would place the column on page 4, I get this error:
! Dimension too ...
by gtilma
Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:43 pm
Forum: Page Layout
Topic: lineno with multicol
Replies: 1
Views: 1788

lineno with multicol

Never mind -- fixed. Here's what I had before:

...mytext\columnbreak
\\mytext...\\

And here's the correct syntax:

...mytext\\
\columnbreak
\\mytext...\\

I was trying to transcribe a poetic text with line numbers. Evidently, \columnbreak needs line breaks before and after it. Sorry if this ...
by gtilma
Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:54 pm
Forum: Page Layout
Topic: lineno with multicol
Replies: 1
Views: 1788

lineno with multicol

I'm using the lineno package together with multicol and have run into the following problem: whenever I insert a \columnbreak, lineno doesn't count the next line, but skips one and continues counting. So, if line 15 ends a column, then \columnbreak is inserted, the first line of the next column has ...