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name eqparbox
category Package
shortdesc Create equal-widthed parboxes
longdesc LaTeX users sometimes need to ensure that two or more blocks of
longdesc text occupy the same amount of horizontal space on the page.  To
longdesc that end, the eqparbox package defines a new command, \eqparbox,
longdesc which works just like \parbox, except that instead of specifying a
longdesc width, one specifies a tag.  All eqparboxes with the same tag --
longdesc regardless of where they are in the document -- will stretch to
longdesc fit the widest eqparbox with that tag.  This simple, equal-width
longdesc mechanism can be used for a variety of alignment purposes, as is
longdesc evidenced by the examples in eqparbox's documentation. Version 2.0
longdesc makes better use of TeX's memory, allows numbers and symbols to
longdesc appear in tags, preserves fonts across \\ boundaries, and
longdesc eliminates some incorrect \global prefixes. [description copied
longdesc from TeX Catalogue]