Text Formatting ⇒ \vfill with multicol

[chimanrao]

hi

I am trying to typeset a document with two column layout. I want to use \vfill to force some text to the bottom of the page.

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{multicol}

\setlength{\columnsep}{0.5in}		% default=10pt
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0.25pt}		% default=0pt (no line)

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{multicols}{2}
Test
\vfill
This should come at bottom of page
\columnbreak 
Test
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

The example above is not working.

[localghost]

What is the text on the bottom going to represent? A short explanation could help in order to find a possible alternative.


Thorsten

[frabjous]

I think the problem has to do with the multicol package's column balancing mechanism. Try the starred version of the multicols environment, which doesn't try to balance:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{multicol}

\setlength{\columnsep}{0.5in}      % default=10pt
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0.25pt}      % default=0pt (no line)

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{multicols*}{2}
Test
\vfill
This should come at bottom of page
\columnbreak 
Test
\end{multicols*}
\end{document}

[pac]

I also was trying to combine vfill within multicols to vertically space items. Using the multicols* environment worked great -- thanks!

(I did notice something unexpected with the spacing, though. If \vfill is the last command inside multicols*, it generates extra space, as in this example. If you uncomment the last \vfill, the two columns will have different spacing:)

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\documentclass[11pt]{letter}
\usepackage{multicol}
\begin{document}

\begin{multicols*}{2}
(a) Text here
\vfill

(b) Text here
\vfill

(c) Text here
\vfill

\columnbreak
(d) Text here
\vfill

(e) Text here
\vfill

(f) Text here
%\vfill          % Uncommenting this \vfill makes for uneven spacing.
\end{multicols*}
\end{document}