Page Layout ⇒ Two Column Layout Column Separator

[chimanrao]

hi

In the two column layout how do I change the style of column separator to dotted line?

Chimanrao

[gmedina]

Hi,

I used the \dottedline command (from the epic package) to achieve the desired result:

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{book}
\usepackage{epic}
\usepackage{lipsum} % just to generate some text

\makeatletter
\def\@outputdblcol{%
  \if@firstcolumn
    \global \@firstcolumnfalse
    \global \setbox\@leftcolumn \box\@outputbox
  \else
    \global \@firstcolumntrue
    \setbox\@outputbox \vbox {%
                         \hb@xt@\textwidth {%
                           \hb@xt@\columnwidth {%
                             \box\@leftcolumn \hss}%
                           \hfil
                           {\dottedline{4}(5,0)(5,545)}%
                           \hfil
                           \hb@xt@\columnwidth {%
                             \box\@outputbox \hss}%
                                             }%
                              }%
    \@combinedblfloats
    \@outputpage
    \begingroup
      \@dblfloatplacement
      \@startdblcolumn
      \@whilesw\if@fcolmade \fi
        {\@outputpage
         \@startdblcolumn}%
    \endgroup
  \fi
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-40]

\end{document}

Perhaps there's a more elegant solution.