I have a document that uses twocolumn with scrbook. How can I set the width of the space between the two columns?
[Tex/LaTex] Setting the column gap in a twocolumn (or multicol) document
multicolspacingtwo-column
Related Solutions
Package multicol
\columnseprule only works inside environment multicols:
\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{color}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
\renewcommand{\columnseprulecolor}{\color{red}}
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\lipsum[1-5]
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
LaTeX without package multicol
The rule can also be colorized without package multicol. Then \@outputdlbcol needs to be patched:
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}%
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{color}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
\newcommand{\latexcolumnseprulecolor}{\color{red}}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd\@outputdblcol{% find
\normalcolor\vrule
}{% and replace by
\latexcolumnseprulecolor\vrule
}{% success
}{% failure
\@latex@warning{Patching \string\@outputdblcol\space failed}%
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-5]
\end{document}
Here is one option, where you could just decrease the inter-column spacing; Instead of a regular \tabcolsep, I've reduced that to 35% of \tabcolsep:
\documentclass[10pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[margin=25mm,paper=a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[colaction]{multicol}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\title{Table formatting}
\author{The geniuses at SE}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\doublespacing
\begin{multicols}{2}
\section{Introduction}
\lipsum[1-1]
%\addvspace{\intextsep}% You may want to add this...
\noindent
\begin{minipage}{\columnwidth}
\centering
\captionaboveof{table}{Distribution of XXX}
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{.35\tabcolsep}
\begin{tabular}{ *{7}{c} }
\toprule
\textbf{Sex} & \textbf{[0-1]} & \textbf{[1--5)} & \textbf{[5--10)} & \textbf{[10--25)} & \textbf{[25-50)} & \textbf{[50+]} \\
\midrule
M & 61\% & 28\% & 4\% & -\% & 6\% & x\% \\
F & 60\% & 25\% & 5\% & 3\% & 7\% & x\% \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\addvspace{\intextsep}
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
Since you included booktabs, I've used its rules.
Best Answer
Use
\setlength{\columnsep}{<width>}in the preamble of your document, i.e. before \begin{document}.Changing
\columnsepalso works if you use themulticolpackage.