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Globally set the justification in a framed box

I want to show the text from a Python Interpreter in a Windows console. This should be plain text (like you see in a command line terminal). I also want to show Python code snippets with highlighting. ...
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How to right align content of pbox?

Lets have simple \pbox example like this: \documentclass[twoside]{book} \usepackage{pbox, calc} \begin{document} \noindent\fbox{\pbox{\textwidth}{Some text\\Text}} \end{document} Here is printed ...
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LaTeX align/distribute objects à la InDesign?

I'm trying to replicate, in LaTeX, InDesign's align and distribute tools. This is a snapshot of ID's toolbar: Say I want first to align vertically two objects (texts, graphics, boxes,...), and ...
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Aligning three small box together with a text

I made through creating the boxes inside a box with help of an expert by this link Is three boxes inside a box posibble in latex Now im being troubled on how will i put into command to align this ...
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How can I produce 3 centered columns, with the middle one fitting the width of its content?

How can I produce a document similar to this, but cause the middle column to take up only as much space as it needs (rather than explicitly specifying a width), such that as much space as possible is ...
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How do I (temporarily) cancel centering?

There I was, a-merrily tracing through the depths of beamer's code on the trail of the Dreaded Overprint Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea, when I came across Something Completely Different. It looked like a ...
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Any way to center text within a \parbox?

Probably I'm missing something, but I'm really struggling to find an answer to this simple question: How to center text within a \parbox? Side note: I don't want to switch to any other environment ...
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Horizontal equivalent to \raisebox?

Is there a horizontal equivalent to \raisebox? I'd like to shift some content horizontally without altering the layout of surrounding content. Edit: I feel bad because my question wasn't precise ...
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How to stack boxes like a vertical version of \mbox?

I would like a vertical equivalent to \mbox{} that somehow takes a sequence of boxes and stacks them on top of each other. I'd like the resulting width to be the width of the widest box, and I'd like ...
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How can I insert address blocks on the left and right side of the page?

I want to insert my local address on the left side of the page and my permanent address on the right side of the page. However, I want both address blocks to be left-aligned. Basically, I want ...
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Positioning of text (box) relative to other text

I'm looking at the first, 'letter class' example in LaTeX/Letters - Wikibooks, open books for an open world. What I'd like to do is to use a \newcommand - say, \insertbox - which would be inserted ...
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Multi horizontal alignment in mathmode

I would like to realize an alignment like the following: formulaformula1 formulaformulaformula2 formula3 formula4 So I would like formulaformula1 and formulaformulaformula2 to ...
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Centering contents after \unvbox

Trying to build a complex macro, I managed to compute what I need in a vbox. Now, I want to \unvbox this box to allow page breaks, and would like each element it contains to be centered. I can't find ...
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Problem with babel, ragged2e and parbox

I have the following code: \documentclass{minimal} \usepackage[french]{babel} \usepackage[newcommands]{ragged2e} \begin{document} \begin{center} \parbox{9cm}{ \textsc{ Jesus a dit~: \og ...
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Underfull hbox with \hbox to <dimen> but not with \halign

When using the \halign primitive, cells in the same column all have the same width. Hence, if one entry is very large (abcdefg below), the others will be stretched to the same size. If an entry ...
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Flush a left-flushed box right

I would like to put an address in my document as follows: | | | Name | | Street #| | City | | ...
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How to centre my display math overfull hboxes?

I have an overfull hbox which I've decided to live with. Actually, several. However, since they're in \[…\], it would look better if they could remain centered, i.e. overflowing the margins equally ...