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The package enables you to switch between any (permitted) number of columns at will: there is no imposed “clear page” operation, as there is in unadorned <span class="t-logo">L<span class="a">a</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X</span> at a switch between \onecolumn and \twocolumn sections. 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