# How do I make an "inlined" parbox's top line align with its preceding text?

I have this document:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\rightarrow$ \parbox{6cm}{The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. You've eaten pepper? Now drink juice!}
\end{document}


which produces the following:

I want the arrow to be aligned with "The quick brown fox", as though the parbox' first line was just continuing the outer paragraph right after the \rightarrow. What's the idiomatic way to do that?

• Use \parbox[t]. Aug 17 '17 at 9:39
• @PeterGrill: Doh! Make this an answer please. Aug 17 '17 at 9:40

You can use \parbox[t] option to achieve the desired effect. There is also [c] (which is the default) and [b] options.

## Code:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\rightarrow$ \parbox[t]{6cm}{The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. You've eaten pepper? Now drink juice!}

\bigskip
$\rightarrow$ \parbox[c]{6cm}{The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. You've eaten pepper? Now drink juice!}

\bigskip
$\rightarrow$ \parbox[b]{6cm}{The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. You've eaten pepper? Now drink juice!}
\end{document}


Just add [t] after \parbox and you'll get what you want.