Page Template and Products

Maybe I messed something...
But how do you build a page template that displays the products in three
columns? I assumed that if I changed the page layout option setting to 3
columns and set the page template as follows that the application would
automatically build my columns. It doesn't... Do I need copy code from the
default template to get this to work?
[--LOOP PRODUCTS--]
[--PRODUCT--]
[--END_LOOP PRODUCTS--]
TIA...
But how do you build a page template that displays the products in three
columns? I assumed that if I changed the page layout option setting to 3
columns and set the page template as follows that the application would
automatically build my columns. It doesn't... Do I need copy code from the
default template to get this to work?
[--LOOP PRODUCTS--]
[--PRODUCT--]
[--END_LOOP PRODUCTS--]
TIA...