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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 4-3-35 on page I-359 in "Balancing control".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}
\addtolength\columnsep{-2pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{multicol,ragged2e} \setcounter{minrows}{3}
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\setcounter{unbalance}{-1} % partly undo change
\begin{multicols}{3} \RaggedRight \ldots\ that's
not enough for balancing! \end{multicols}
This comes out better but with so few words
a single column might look odd as well.
\end{document}
