# How to align text similar to tabular while using align environment

In LaTeX, I would like to align some text so that looks something like this:

"⇒": some text
[an equation in align* environment]
more text

"⇐": some other text
[another equation]
even more text



without the use of minipages, and without me having to manually specify any width or similar every time I want to insert something like this. I would also like, that the "more text" place holder is aligned with the "even more text" place holder, if for example I write something longer than "⇐".

So basically just like inside a tabular environment with invisible borders, but tabular won't let me use align*

• you can use align in a p column of a tabular but you probably want \begin{aligned}... in an l column Oct 5, 2022 at 15:25 • @DavidCarlisle I can't get it running in p-columns either. What's the difference to using l? It seems that I always have to specify a width with p-cells which is something I want to avoid. Oct 5, 2022 at 15:39 • l is like mbox so horizontal mode (LR-mode in latex book) so can not have display constructs like align, or paragraphs or \vspace . p is like \parbox (par-mode in latex book) so can have all those things. You want l column and aligned here not align Oct 5, 2022 at 15:50 • @DavidCarlisle thanks a lot, I was really blind. Using aligned in an l column worked perfectly now, thanks a lot! Oct 6, 2022 at 16:15 ## 2 Answers align is a full width display. aligned is essentially the same alignment but makes a box the natural width of the alignment, which can be inlined in other constructs. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \begin{align*} \Rightarrow:&\text{some text}\\ &\begin{aligned} 1&=3-2\\ 10&=3^2+1^2\\ \end{aligned}\\ &\text{more text}\\[10pt] \Leftarrow:& \text{some other text}\\ &\begin{aligned} 2&=1+1\\ 5^2&=3^2+4^2\\ \end{aligned}\\ &\text{even more text} \end{align*} \end{document}  • Thanks a lot! I'm using the aligned within a tabular environment l cell now, as you suggested before for better spacing, but I guess this works as well. Have a nice day! Oct 6, 2022 at 16:16 Another option to the one mentioned by David Carlisle would be to use something like this: \begin{tabular}{ll} asdf & text \\ & \begin{aligned}
a +  b & = c    \\
c      & = b+ a
\end{aligned} \$
\end{tabular}