LaTeX forum ⇒ Text Formatting ⇒ Turning two columns into one column

[bennarky]

Hi, I'm new to this and my teacher is making me use this for a physics project. Could someone tell me how to make it so that I can make a title to a new section that shows up down the middle of the page in a two column document and then go back to two column after the title?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Welcome to the forum!

If it's ok to have the heading at a new page, here's a simple example with the optional argument of \twocolumn:

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\twocolumn[\section{This is a very wide section heading spanning over two columns}]
 
\blindtext[5]
 
\twocolumn[\section{This is another wide section heading spanning over two columns}]
 
\blindtext[5]
 
\end{document}

Stefan