What version of MWS are you using? Additionally what skin/shell combo?
Using 8.2, i went to public folders and created a new page. On the new page i set the layout properties for each column (50% width and align center) and dropped a couple of portlets in each column (see attached screenshots).
Regards,
–mark
Portal Page Width Screenshots.zip (284 KB)
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