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<h1><font size="-2">Hypertext Help with LaTeX</font><br><font color="#cc0000">\parbox</font></h1>
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 <tt>\parbox[position]{width}{text}</tt>
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 A parbox is a box whose contents  are created in paragraph  mode.  The
 <tt>\parbox</tt> has two mandatory arguments:
<ul>
<li> <tt>width</tt>:  specifies the width of the parbox, and
<li> <tt>text</tt>:  the text that goes inside the parbox.
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 LaTeX will position a parbox so its center lines up with the center of
 the text line.  An optional  first argument allows you to
 line up either the top or bottom line in the parbox, by using as optional 
 <tt>position</tt> argument <tt>t</tt> or <tt>b</tt>, respectively .
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 A <tt>\parbox</tt>  command  is used for a parbox  containing  a small piece of
 text, with nothing fancy inside.  In particular, you shouldn't use any
 of the paragraph-making  environments  inside a <tt>\parbox</tt> argument.  For
 larger pieces  of text, including  ones containing  a paragraph-making
 environment, you should use a <a href="ltx-267.html">minipage</a> environment.
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The <tt>\parbox</tt> command is <a href="fragile.html">fragile</a>.
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See <a href="ltx-143.html">Spaces and Boxes</a><br>
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 8 Aug 1995.
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