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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Remove ugly borders around clickable cross-references and hyperlinks
I know that I can use hyperref to make cross-references and hyperlinks clickable. That makes the clickable areas outlined in fluorescent green, however. How can I make the green boxes go away?
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What are the ways to position things absolutely on the page?
I know that there is tikz, but also eso-pic and textpos. I'd like to see a list of possible ways (not necessarily packages) for absolute positioning of things (which I believe amounts to "boxes") on ...
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How to keep a constant baselineskip when using minipages (or \parboxes)?
When a minipage is used to box a text paragraph, the first line of the minipaged text and the last line of the previous text paragraph are closer than two consecutive lines in a standard text ...
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What are underfull hboxes and vboxes and how can I get rid of them?
Often, TeX outputs underfull hbox and vbox warnings when running and in the generated log file. What are these and how can I get rid of them?
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What does "overfull hbox" mean? (Why is there a black mark at the end of a line?)
I often see output from TeX with the warning overfull hbox, badness 10000. What does this message mean?
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What does the phrase "Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph" actually mean?
What does the actual phrase above mean?
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Do I have to care about bad boxes?
When I compile my PDF from LaTeX source, do I have to care about all the messages (currently 28) about 'bad boxes'?
The PDF seems fine to me.
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Signature/date line with fixed width
I'm trying to create a signature and date line in a document. I need the date line to always be in the same spot on the page no matter what name is under the signature line, such as:
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Fit text into given box by adjusting the fontsize
I would like to fit text (potentially several paragraphs) into a box of given size. This should be done by adjusting the fontsize of the contained text.
Clarification edit: The given dimensions are ...
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How to rotate text in multirow table?
I have a big table with a problem, when I want to rotate the text in a \multirow cell, the text is placed outside and is bigger than the dimensions of the cell, I took some advice from here, using\...
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What are the different kinds of boxes in (La)TeX?
I've seen hbox, vbox, mbox, parbox and others used in various code samples. What are the different kinds of box in (La)Tex? Which are suitable for use in LaTeX, as opposed to plain TeX?
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Bounding box for each letter
How can I take input text and replace each character with a solid (and/or hollow) rectangle representing the bounding box for that character? In the case where two characters are closer together from ...
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Function and usage of \leavevmode
I am beginner of LaTeX. From many examples I found, I notice that it's very common to use command \leavevmode. I can't find any information about this command. Could anyone tell me what's the function ...
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How to create Highlight Boxes in LaTeX?
I am writing an Article in LaTeX.
Please suggest me how to create a highlight boxes like the ones shown below in LaTeX:
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Making the text fit in a specific space in Latex
I'm trying to fit my text in a specific space, as it's a Graph explanation. I would like to make something like the graph below:
Is it possible to make the text fit in that space? LaTex does it by ...
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