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Use this command to make 0136 a box of small pieces of text, of a single paragraph. This command is 0137 fragile (see <a href="_005cprotect.html#g_t_005cprotect">\protect</a>). 0138 </p> 0139 <div class="example"> 0140 <pre class="example">\begin{picture}(0,0) 0141 ... 0142 \put(1,2){\parbox{1.75in}{\raggedright Because the graph is a line on 0143 this semilog paper, the relationship is 0144 exponential.}} 0145 \end{picture} 0146 </pre></div> 0147 0148 <p>The <var>contents</var> are processed in a text mode (see <a href="Modes.html#Modes">Modes</a>) so 0149 LaTeX will break lines to make a paragraph. But it won’t make 0150 multiple paragraphs; for that, use a <code>minipage</code> environment 0151 (see <a href="minipage.html#minipage">minipage</a>). 0152 </p> 0153 <p>The options for <code>\parbox</code> (except for <var>contents</var>) are the same 0154 as those for <code>minipage</code>. For convenience a summary of the options 0155 is here but see <a href="minipage.html#minipage">minipage</a> for a complete description. 0156 </p> 0157 <p>There are two required arguments. The <var>width</var> is a rigid length 0158 (see <a href="Lengths.html#Lengths">Lengths</a>). It sets the width of the box into which LaTeX 0159 typesets <var>contents</var>. The <var>contents</var> is the text that is placed 0160 in that box. It should not have any paragraph-making components. 0161 </p> 0162 <p>There are three optional arguments, <var>position</var>, <var>height</var>, and 0163 <var>inner-pos</var>. The <var>position</var> gives the vertical alignment of the 0164 <code>parbox</code> with respect to the surrounding material. The possible 0165 values are <code>c</code> or <code>m</code> to make the vertical center of the 0166 <code>parbox</code> lines up with the center of the adjacent line (this is the 0167 default), or <code>t</code> to match the top line of the <code>parbox</code> with 0168 the baseline of the surrounding material, or <code>b</code> to match the 0169 bottom line. 0170 </p> 0171 <p>The optional argument <var>height</var> overrides the natural height of the 0172 box. 0173 </p> 0174 <p>The optional argument <var>inner-pos</var> controls the placement of 0175 <var>content</var> inside the <code>parbox</code>. Its default is the value of 0176 <var>position</var>. Its possible values are: <code>t</code> to put the 0177 <var>content</var> at the top of the box, <code>c</code> to put it in the vertical 0178 center, <code>b</code> to put it at the bottom of the box, and <code>s</code> to 0179 stretch it out vertically (for this, the text must contain vertically 0180 stretchable space). 0181 </p> 0182 0183 0184 <hr/><div class='referenceinfo'> <a href='https://latexref.xyz/'> <i>Unofficial LaTeX2e reference manual</i></a></div> 0185 </body> 0186 </html>