Section header across 2 columns

[David Sumbler]

Thank you for the suggestion of using multicol.  By using this, I have
now got things looking pretty much as I want them.

There seems to be a bewildering number of TeX packages.  I see that I
have only just scratched the surface!

David


> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:51:56 +0000
> From: Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie>
> 
> On 18/11/2019 19:08, David Sumbler wrote:
> > I'm pretty new to LaTeX.  Writing the introductory pages to a
> > musical
> > score, I have almost got the layout I want.  But I would like the
> > headings of the two main sections to be placed centrally above the
> > 2
> > columns of text below.
> > 
> > The basic structure of my document is this:
> > 
> > %%%%%%%%%%
> > \documentclass[a4paper,12pt,twocolumn,twoside]{article}
> 
> The twocolumn option is rather restrictive. Look at using the
> multicol 
> package instead.
> 
> To centre headings, you could use
> 
> \begin{center}
> \section{stuff}
> \end{center}
> 
> Or use the sectsty package or similar to change the styling.
> 
> To turn off section numbering so you don't have to bother with the 
> asterisk, \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
> 
> Peter
> 
> > \usepackage{graphicx}
> > \usepackage{wasysym}
> > \usepackage{fullpage}
> > 
> > \usepackage{geometry}
> > \geometry{bindingoffset=0.5cm}
> > 
> > \setlength{\columnsep}{35pt}
> > 
> > \begin{document}
> > \pagenumbering{roman}
> > \setcounter{page}{2}
> > 
> > \section*{Introductory Notes}
> > 
> > 6 paragraphs of text
> > 
> > \begin{figure*}
> >    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{StagePlan.eps}
> > \end{figure*}
> > 
> > \section*{Performance Notes}
> > 
> > 4 paragraphs of text, followed by several subsections with headings
> > 
> > \end{document}
> > %%%%%%%%%%
> > 
> > How can I get the 2 main section headings to span both
> > columns?  (The
> > subsections are fine just as they are.)
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > 
> 
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