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Set picture size to size of a given box

I would like to use the picture mode in latex, but need to set the size of the drawing region to the size of some other box. I would normally do \begin{picture}(max_hor, max_ver)(ll_hor, ll_ver) ...
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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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1answer
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How to make a textbox with this TikZ code ?

I made this with TikZ : \usetikzlibrary{calc} \def\banlen{3} \xdefinecolor{mycolor}{RGB}{62,96,111} % Neutral Blue \def\bancolor{mycolor} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0.25,0.25) rectangle (5,-2); % ...
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1answer
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How to put part of a TikZ graphic into a box to measure its size

After adding support for tooltips today in pdfcomment (\pdftooltip) I wanted to make a TikZ example with tooltip annotations. Within \pdftooltip the annotated element is set into a box to measure the ...
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Change size of whole set of elements

I am trying to include some gnuplot-generated figures using the epslatex terminal, which creates an .eps file and a .tex file. The way to include these figures in the document is writing ...