Force new page in a two-column article

Question

In a two-column article, \newpage goes to the start of the next column, which might be on the same page. How can I force moving to an entirely new page?

I tried:

\newpage 
~
\newpage

This works in the left column, but in the right column it jumps to the right column of the next page. I am looking for a solution that always jumps to the left column of the new page.

Does this answer your question? Is it wrong to use \clearpage instead of \newpage? See, in particular, Frank Mittelbach's answer to that question. — Mico, Oct 01 '20 at 07:51

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 01 '20 at 06:35

6

Try with \clearpage:

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
%---------------- show page layout. don't use in a real document!
\usepackage{showframe}
\renewcommand\ShowFrameLinethickness{0.15pt}
\renewcommand*\ShowFrameColor{\color{red}}
%---------------------------------------------------------------%
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-3]
\clearpage  % <---
\lipsum[4-9]
\end{document}

answered Oct 01 '20 at 06:35

Zarko

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This works, thanks! – Erel Segal-Halevi Oct 01 '20 at 07:18

Force new page in a two-column article

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