1

I'm looking for basic way of placing long text into parbox or some other box which will break the page if needed.

Please take a look at my code. What is wrong?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\section{Introduction}
\parbox[t]{0.15\textwidth}{\textbf{Intro}}
\parbox[t]{0.8\textwidth}{\lipsum}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Improve this question
2
  • Please add some clarifications. Will your document contain more of these pairs of a short word and a long text? Probably something like a customized description environment could be useful instead of the parboxes.
    – leandriis
    Jun 4, 2020 at 14:31
  • do not use a box, they are not breakable, this should be set as a description list.
    – David Carlisle
    Jun 4, 2020 at 14:57

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
2

Boxes are unbreakable, you want a list here:

enter image description here

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\section{Introduction}
\begin{description}[leftmargin=70pt,labelwidth=60pt,labelsep=10pt]
\item[Intro]
\lipsum 
\end{description}

\end{document}
Improve this answer

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.