Page Layout ⇒ Multicols- with one column blank

[polisci_guy]

Hi everyone.

I need to create a multicolumn page layout for hand coding of interview data. I'd like for there to be two columns, the first will hold text, while the second will be blank.

I tried to use multicols, but that puts text in both columns. Minipage, on the other hand, does not allow for me to use multiple pages (even with normal formatting I have about 25 pages of interview transcription).

All of the margin commands I've been able to find adjust both the left and right margins at the same time, or in the case of oddmargin, shift the text over while pushing some of the data off the page.

I've Googled high and low and searched in this forum as well to no avail. I appreciate any help you can give me.

~S

[5gon12eder]

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[left=10.0mm,right=0.5\paperwidth]{geometry}

\begin{document}
  This text will stop at the  middle of the page so a ``blank column''
  will be left at the right,
\end{document}

[polisci_guy]

Thank you so much, that worked like a charm!

[localghost]

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