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<DIV>Hi, all,</DIV>
<DIV> Source2e [version 2009/09/24, p319] says:</DIV>
<DIV>\twocolumn[BOX] : starts a new page, changing to twocolumn setting</DIV>
<DIV>and puts BOX in a parbox of width \textwidth across the top.</DIV>
<DIV>Useful for full-width titles for double-column pages.</DIV>
<DIV><EM>SURPRISE: The stretch from \@dbltextfloatsep will be inserted</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM>between the BOX and the top of the two columns.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV>
<DIV>But in practice, there is NO stretch inserted. Why?</DIV>
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<DIV>Many thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Bruce </DIV></BODY></HTML>