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I'm pratically using the multicol-environment with 2 columns and trying to insert a table in-between in a one-page layout (meaning using up the full-page width) and then after start using the multicol-environment again without any page breaks. Is that possible? Would be nice if someone could create a code example :)

xDarKx
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    Welcome to TeX.SE. Please provide MWE of your code – MadyYuvi Jul 04 '23 at 13:03
  • it is very possible, but you cannot guarantee no page breaks. You could test if there is enough room left on the page, although multicol is tricky about \pagetotal and \pagegoal. – John Kormylo Jul 05 '23 at 14:04

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I'm not sure that your question has anything to do with the multicol environment. Are you really asking "How do I make a table stretch the full width of the page?" If that is the case, one potential solution is here

This worked for me. Here is an MWE:

\documentclass[letter]{report}

\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{lipsum}


\begin{document}


\begin{multicols}{2}
\lipsum[5]
\end{multicols}


\setlength\tabcolsep{0pt}
\begin{tabular}{\linewidth}{@{\extracolsep{\fill}} c c c }
 cell1 & cell2 & cell3 \ 
 cell4 & cell5 & cell6 \

 cell7 & cell8 & cell9

\end{tabular}


\begin{multicols}{2}
\lipsum[5]
\end{multicols}


\end{document}

full width table between two multicol environments

You did not state which document class you are using, so your results may vary depending on that and other packages you have loaded. I also tried this with the article class and it worked.

Kenneth Odle
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Like this:

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Code:

\documentclass[letter]{report}

\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{lipsum,graphicx}


\begin{document}
    \lipsum[2]
    \begin{multicols}{2}
        \lipsum[3]
    \end{multicols}


\begin{center}
    \includegraphics[width=7cm]{example-image-a}\\
    Caption figure with long text and more text for description
\end{center}

\begin{multicols}{2}
    \lipsum[1-3]
    You can have also a small figure in one column, whith a short caption.
    \begin{center}
        \includegraphics[width=4cm]{example-image-b}\\
        Short caption
    \end{center}
    \lipsum[1][1-3]
\end{multicols}
\lipsum[5]




\end{document}
Raffaele Santoro
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