# Inserting Typst functions in Markdown files Typst supports manual formatting by inserting functions into a Typst document or template (e.g. `.typ` or `.typst`). For example to insert a manual columnbreak when creating multi-column layouts in native Typst documents the `#colbreak()`-function must be used. [^1] When converting `.md`-files to PDF using a Typst template, the same can be achieved by inserting a special codeblock using a marker that is interpreted by Typst. ```` ```{=typst} #colbreak() ``` ```` #continue ***Add an example picture*** [^1]: Balanced columns are unfortunately not yet supported in Typst, but is planned in future releases - [Pull Request](https://github.com/typst/typst/pull/8207) --- ## Related - **previous** [[ - **see** [[ ## Sources - **references** [Typst Docs](https://typst.app/docs/reference/layout/colbreak/) as the official documentation of columnbreaks ## Usage - **used in** [[