Column layout in TeX

["Ulrik" <Ulriks@example.com>]

Hi everybody,

 

I don't know if this is the right forum, but!

 

How do I get LaTex to create at two column layout, with an abstract spanning the two columns? Also I would like the last text aligned, so the reference list starts in the left column, and not where the informative text ended. I'v tried to sum it all on a nice little figure...

 

|                       |
|         Title         |
|                       |
|-----------------------|
|                       |
|        Abstract       |
|                       |
|-----------------------|
|           |           |
|       Text with       |
|    lots of figures    |
|           |           |
|           |           |
|           |           |
|           |           |
|-----------------------|
|           |           |
|      References       |
|           |           |
|-----------------------|

 

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