Questions tagged [boxes]
{boxes} are the units used by (La)TeX to construct a page by pasting them together horizontally or vertically. A single character from a font is a box, as are the lines of type and the eventual page.
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\makebox inside 3rd argument of \setfoot generates error
If I replace the current version \setfoot with that commented out, I get: "Missing \begin{document}". I guess it has to do with the fact it is flushed right.
\documentclass{article}
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If you were the word "box" and a word beginning with a letter "m" to describe `\mbox` what might your English phrase be?
Note that English phrase "mathematics blackboard bold" is an example of a super-sequence of \mathbb which has the same meaning as \mathbb.
If you were the word "box" and a word ...
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How do I put a box around a column in a matrix in Latex?
I want to build a matrix in Latex code and wrap some components of it with a square. For terms that are on the same line I managed to do it well. But for terms of different lines I am not able to do ...
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Collect information to render later
I am not sure I am using the right terms for describing what I want to do, so the title may be off.
I want to be able to use a custom command like for example \PersonalData{Name}{Some Name} but not ...
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Why are braces mandatory in boxes?
Both \hbox and \vbox (and similar box commands) require explicitly to enclose their content inside of curly braces, so they behave differently from macros. What's the reason of this specification?
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What English word does the `b` in `\bbox` represent? [closed]
Two of the LaTeX commands for building boxes are:
The h in \hbox is a subsequence of the English word horizontal
The v in \vbox is a subsequence of the English word vertical
What English word might ...
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Boxes in the diagrams package
I am trying to draw something like this using Paul Taylor's diagrams package
I've tried e.g.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{diagrams}
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\begin{diagram}
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Row of frameboxes overflows the margin by one box
Why, when I have a row of \frameboxes, does pdflatex try to fit one too many on a line, overflowing the margin? In the example below I would expect the first line to have three boxes and the second ...
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Highlight underfull boxes
Overfull \hboxes can be highlighted/marked in the output document by enabling draft=true or overfullrule=true in the \documentclass settings.
Furthermore, slightly overfull or underfull horizontal ...
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How to use resizebox without changing the font size? [closed]
I tried resizebox command at textwidth (0.5) but then I noticed the fonts being shrunk. Is it possible to resize box without affecting the font size? Thanks in advance.
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Add a vertical line centered inside a framebox
I would like to have a vertical line inside my framebox. So my framebox should be divided into two equal halves. I haven't found anything about it in the forum yet. Here is a code snippet.
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tcolorbox does not break and starts on next page
I'm a beginner with latex and would have liked to make a recipe book. Each recipe would be framed in a tcolorbox as shown on the screenshot below:
The problem is that the boxes don't break if there ...
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How to change a direction of growth for boxes?
I have read here that it is possible to change the direction of growth in horizontal boxes.
Note: horizontal boxes can, of course, contain text typeset in right-to-left languages, such as Arabic or ...
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How to make multiple independent columns and then fill them horizontally?
I am implementing an idea for rendering authors. As far as I could see no other package could do it for me, but I am happy to be corrected. The idea is to place authors in several independent columns, ...
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Increasing natural height of minipage / fbox
I would like to define an environment encapsulated by a box where I am able to insert unspecified content (text, equations etc.), but where I can increase the natural height of the box. A minimum ...
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