\makebox[width][position]{text}
The \makebox
command creates a box to contain the specified
text
. The
width of the box may be specified by the optional width
argument.
The text
in the box is set in LR mode.
If the optional width
argument is used, the optional
position
argument may also be used to specify the position of
text
within the box as follows:
l
- flushleft
r
- flushright
s
- interword space adjusted so text
fills box exactly
The default horizontal and vertical positioning (if the second optional argument is omitted) is to center
text
in the box.
Note that text
may overflow the box, in which case it is
typeset on top of the adjacent text. While this is generally undesirable,
it can also be used to create special effects.
\makebox(width,height)[position]{ ... }
The \makebox
command for the picture environment is similar to the
normal \makebox
command except that you must specify a width and
height (note that these are in parentheses) in multiples of
\unitlength
.
The optional argument, position
, specifies the quadrant that your
text appears in. You may select up to two of the following:
t
Moves the item to the top of the rectangle
b
Moves the item to the bottom
l
Moves the item to the left
r
Moves the item to the right
The default horizontal and vertical positioning is to center
text
in the box.