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The display of my references is like this. How to make them not evenly displayed on both sides, but displayed in one column? I used a paper template, and I didn't find the relevant settings. The URL of the template is here. https://www.microarch.org/micro54/submit/guidelines.php

Thank you!

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Gerrie
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  • See also https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/477188/removing-the-space-in-the-page-before-appendix/477197?r=SearchResults&s=2|19.5073#477197 – John Kormylo Mar 21 '21 at 16:20
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    "Papers must be at most 11 pages, not including references. No page limit for references." Add a couple more, preferably from members of the Steering Committee.:-) – Simon Dispa Mar 23 '21 at 17:13
  • Comment out (or delete) the instruction \usepackage[keeplastbox]{flushend} in main.tex? – Mico Dec 13 '22 at 06:32

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If your question is related with your last reference, with a first part starting in the page before the last, and a second part fragmented into two columns, in the last page of the document, you should reformulate the question to make it more clear.

I was able to simulate the undesirable behavior you showed: part of my last reference (#44) going to the next page and the remaining lines spread over two columns. I didn't like it either.

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The simplest solution I found was tho add some vertical space before the REFERENCES section.

In my case \vspace*{2\baselineskip} to push the complete reference #44 to the next page.

This is the time when the author applies some manual touch-ups before delivering the final document.

In your case, I think it will be to try to save some vertical space, perhaps by rewriting a few paragraphs or shortening a figure, so that all the references end up on the last page.

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As a guide this is the last part of the modified main.tex delivered with the class as example. I collected more references from two sources to fill the two columns.

 %%%%%%% -- PAPER CONTENT ENDS -- %%%%%%%%

\vspace*{2\baselineskip} % <<<<<<<<<<< added


%%%%%%%%% -- BIB STYLE AND FILE -- %%%%%%%%
\bibliographystyle{IEEEtranS}
\bibliography{refsx}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


\end{document}

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The sig-alternate.cls class has been designed to produce a "tighter" document in response to page budget concerns.

As a consequence, the last paragraph of the document will always have two balanced columns.

Simon Dispa
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  • thank you. But the reference is about one and a half pages. The references of that half page are displayed in two columns on average. The article is limited to 11 pages, so I will write exactly 11 pages, so there is no way to adjust the paper. – Gerrie Mar 22 '21 at 01:05