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I want to put a long text in the box using LaTeX, thus, would someone tell me how to put the text in the box? Using \makebox? however, it doesn't work, I use \makebox[10cm]{text in the box}, there is no box in the file.

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\fbox{\makebox[10cm]{text in the box}} – Herbert Aug 17 '12 at 11:07
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@sweetyBaby As Herbert's comment indicates, perhaps you are confusing 'typesetting in a box' with 'surrounding by a frame'. \makebox certainly typesets material in a box: perhaps you might clarify. – Joseph Wright♦ Aug 17 '12 at 11:08
thanks, however, there is still some problem, please refer to tex.stackexchange.com/questions/67538/… – sweetyBaby Aug 17 '12 at 11:13

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You can use \framebox instead of \makebox (which is almost the same as the suggestion in the comments of using \fbox around \makebox). \fbox is a simplified version of\framebox in the same way that \mbox is a simplified version of \makebox for the common case in which you just want the natural size of the contents so do not need to specify any lengths.

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