Controlling LaTeX column flow
- by hdhermans
What I'm trying to do: I have a page that consists of pairs of two sentences each. The pairs are separated by a whole line break. My problem is that when I have an odd number of pairs, the second sentence will automatically be placed on the next column.
How can I use LaTeX to make block structures that multicol does not ignore, to keep the two sentences together? If there's better code to solve this problem, or a better column implementation (though I don't believe I can use \twocolumn in the document declaration), please post it.
My current code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{multicol}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}
\newcommand{\pair}[2]{
\emph{#1}\\*
#2
}
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\pair{Sentence 1.}{Sentence 2.}
\pair{Sentence 2 (pair 2).}{Sentence 2 (pair 2).}
\pair{The last pair, first sentence.}{Last sentence.}
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
This generates: http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/3444/columns.png . The second pair is what I am trying to avoid.
