[Tex/LaTex] Create one column title in a two column article
positioningtitlestwo-column
I have something like this in mind
I am using the following class
\documentclass[twocolumn]{svjour}
\begin{document}
\title{Title of Article}
\author{Name of Authors}
How can I do this in latex?
Best Answer
Using the svjour3 class that is to download on Springer's website, following MWE shows that the title is already by default in one-column style only:
\documentclass[twocolumn]{svjour3}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\title{This is my title, it is a very long title and covers two columns!}
\author{Me Myself}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\lipsum
\end{document}
Note: I'm not quite sure what you want to achieve. But my out-of-topic two cents would be: do not fiddle with Springer's template. If they have a template, they want you to stick to it. (They have their reasons, e.g. standardization of reviewing process, etc.) So they wont accept that you modify (or "improve") it (as legitimate as it could be). Because in this case, you're using a new template... and it is not the rules they want you to follow!
This template has degrees of freedom (options) you can use (see user guide embedded in the .zip file), but that's all.
Previous answer
article and its KOMA-Script variant scrartcl classes are smart enough to do what you want, if you use the \maketitle command:
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
%\documentclass[twocolumn]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\title{This is my title}
\author{Me Myself}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\lipsum
\end{document}
The dual title in twocolumn mode causes the page breaks. Perhaps you'd just be interested in setting the title manually. Below I've taken the \maketitle constructions from the titling packagecode:
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% Just for this example
\begin{document}
\twocolumn[{
\begin{center}
\LARGE First title
\end{center}
\vskip 2em
\begin{center}
\large \lineskip .75em%
\begin{tabular}[t]{c}
Author1, Author2
\end{tabular}\par
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\large \today
\end{center}
\vspace{2\baselineskip}
\begin{center}
\LARGE Second title
\end{center}
\vskip 2em
\begin{center}
\large \lineskip .75em%
\begin{tabular}[t]{c}
Author1, Author2
\end{tabular}\par
\end{center}
\begin{center}
\large \today
\end{center}
}]
\lipsum[1-5]
\end{document}
You can now adjust the spacing and font to your liking.
Best Answer
Using the
svjour3
class that is to download on Springer's website, following MWE shows that the title is already by default in one-column style only:Note: I'm not quite sure what you want to achieve. But my out-of-topic two cents would be: do not fiddle with Springer's template. If they have a template, they want you to stick to it. (They have their reasons, e.g. standardization of reviewing process, etc.) So they wont accept that you modify (or "improve") it (as legitimate as it could be). Because in this case, you're using a new template... and it is not the rules they want you to follow!
This template has degrees of freedom (options) you can use (see user guide embedded in the
.zip
file), but that's all.Previous answer
article
and its KOMA-Script variantscrartcl
classes are smart enough to do what you want, if you use the\maketitle
command: