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-<head>
-<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label balance</title>
-</head><body>
-<h3>Balancing columns at the end of a document</h3>
-<p/>The <i>twocolumn</i> option of the standard classes causes
-LaTeX to set the text of a document in two columns. However, the last
-page of the document typically ends up with columns of different
-lengths &mdash; such columns are said to be &ldquo;unbalanced&rdquo;. Many (most?)
-people don&rsquo;t like unbalanced columns.
-<p/>The simplest solution to the problem is to use the <i>multicol</i>
-package in place of the <i>twocolumn</i> option, as
-<i>multicol</i> balances the columns on the final page by default.
-However, the use of <i>multicol</i> does come at a cost: its
-special output routine disallows the use of in-column floats, though
-it does still permit full-width (e.g., <code>figure*</code>
-environment) floats.
-<p/>As a result, there is a constant push for a means of balancing columns
-at the end of a <i>twocolumn</i> document. Of course, the job can
-be done manually: <code>\</code><code>pagebreak</code> inserted at the appropriate place on
-the last page can often produce the right effect, but this seldom
-appeals, and if the last page is made up of automatically-generated
-text (for example, bibliography or index) inserting the command will
-be difficult.
-<p/>The <i>flushend</i> package offers a solution to this problem. It&rsquo;s a
-somewhat dangerous piece of macro code, which patches one of the most
-intricate parts of the LaTeX kernel without deploying any of the
-safeguards discussed in <a href="FAQ-patch.html">patching commands</a>.
-The package only changes the behaviour at end document (its
-<code>\</code><code>flushend</code> command is enabled by default), and one other command
-permits adjustment of the final balance; other packages in the bundle
-provide means for insertion of full width material in two-column
-documents.
-<p/>The <i>balance</i> package also patches the output routine
-(somewhat more carefully than <i>flushend</i>).
-<p/>The user should be aware that any of these packages are liable to
-become confused in the presence of floats: if problems arise, manual
-adjustment of the floats in the document is likely to be necessary.
-It is this difficulty (what&rsquo;s required in any instance can&rsquo;t really be
-expressed in current LaTeX) that led the author of
-<i>multicol</i> to suppress single-column-wide floats.
-<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>balance.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preprint.zip">macros/latex/contrib/preprint</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preprint.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preprint/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>flushend.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sttools.zip">macros/latex/contrib/sttools</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sttools.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/sttools/">browse</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>multicol.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.zip">macros/latex/required/tools</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/tools/">browse</a>)
-<p/></dl>
-<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=balance">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=balance</a>
-</body>