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<head><title>Help On LaTeX \makebox</title></head>
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<h1><font size="-2">Hypertext Help with LaTeX</font><br><font color="#cc0000">\makebox</font></h1>
<h2>Normal use</h2>
<tt>\makebox[width][position]{text}</tt>
<p>
The <tt>\makebox</tt> command creates a box to contain the specified
<tt>text</tt>. The
width of the box may be specified by the optional <tt>width</tt> argument.
The <tt>text</tt> in the box is set in LR mode.
<p>
If the optional <tt>width</tt> argument is used, the optional
<tt>position</tt> argument may also be used to specify the position of
<tt>text</tt> within the box as follows:
<ul>
<li><tt>l</tt> - flushleft
<li><tt>r</tt> - flushright
<li><tt>s</tt> - interword space adjusted so <tt>text</tt> fills box exactly
</ul>
The default horizontal and vertical positioning (if the second optional
argument is omitted) is to center <tt>text</tt>
in the box.
<p>
Note that <tt>text</tt> may overflow the box, in which case it is
typeset on top of the adjacent text. While this is generally undesirable,
it can also be used to create special effects.
<p>
The <tt>\makebox</tt> command is <a href="fragile.html">fragile</a>.
<p>
See <tt><a href="ltx-265.html">\mbox</a></tt>,
<tt><a href="ltx-237.html">\framebox</a></tt><br>
See also: <A href="ltx-143.html">Spaces and Boxes</A>.
<h2>In picture environment</h2>
<tt>\makebox(width,height)[position]{ ... }</tt>
<p>
The <tt>\makebox</tt> command for the picture environment is similar to the
normal <tt>\makebox</tt> command except that you must specify a width and
height (note that these are in parentheses) in multiples of
<a href="unitlength.html"><tt>\unitlength</tt></a>.
<p>
The optional argument, <tt>position</tt>, specifies the quadrant that your
text appears in. You may select up to two of the following:
<ul>
<li><TT>t</TT> Moves the item to the top of the rectangle
<li><TT>b</TT> Moves the item to the bottom
<li><TT>l</TT> Moves the item to the left
<li><TT>r</TT> Moves the item to the right
</ul>
The default horizontal and vertical positioning is to center <tt>text</tt>
in the box.
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See also <a href="ltx-143.html">Spaces and Boxes</a>,
<A href="ltx-43.html">Picture Environment</A><br>
Return to <a href="ltx-2.html">LaTeX Table of Contents</a>
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 5 Dec 1995.
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