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This is like a 0144 small version of a page; it can contain its own footnotes, itemized 0145 lists, etc. (There are some restrictions, including that it cannot have 0146 floats.) This box will not be broken across pages. So <code>minipage</code> 0147 is similar to <code>\parbox</code> (see <a href="_005cparbox.html#g_t_005cparbox">\parbox</a>) but here you can have 0148 paragraphs. 0149 </p> 0150 <p>This example will be 3 inches wide, and has two paragraphs. 0151 </p> 0152 <div class="example"> 0153 <pre class="example">\begin{minipage}{3in} 0154 Stephen Kleene was a founder of the Theory of Computation. 0155 0156 He was a student of Church, wrote three influential texts, 0157 was President of the Association for Symbolic Logic, 0158 and won the National Medal of Science. 0159 \end{minipage} 0160 </pre></div> 0161 0162 <p>See below for a discussion of the paragraph indent inside a 0163 <code>minipage</code>. 0164 </p> 0165 <p>The required argument <var>width</var> is a rigid length (see <a href="Lengths.html#Lengths">Lengths</a>). 0166 It gives the width of the box into which <var>contents</var> are typeset. 0167 </p> 0168 <p>There are three optional arguments, <var>position</var>, <var>height</var>, and 0169 <var>inner-pos</var>. You need not include all three. For example, get the 0170 default <var>position</var> and set the <var>height</var> with 0171 <code>\begin{minipage}[c][2.54cm] <var>contents</var> \end{minipage}</code>. 0172 (Get the natural height with an empty argument, <code>[]</code>.) 0173 </p> 0174 <p>The optional argument <var>position</var> governs how the <code>minipage</code> 0175 vertically aligns with the surrounding material. 0176 </p> 0177 <dl compact="compact"> 0178 <dt><code>c</code></dt> 0179 <dd><p>(synonym <code>m</code>) Default. Positions the <code>minipage</code> so its 0180 vertical center lines up with the center of the adjacent text line (what 0181 Plain TeX calls <code>\vcenter</code>). 0182 </p> 0183 </dd> 0184 <dt><code>t</code></dt> 0185 <dd><p>Match the top line in the <code>minipage</code> with the baseline of the 0186 surrounding text (Plain TeX’s <code>\vtop</code>. 0187 </p> 0188 </dd> 0189 <dt><code>b</code></dt> 0190 <dd><p>Match the bottom line in the <code>minipage</code> with the baseline of the 0191 surrounding text (Plain TeX’s <code>\vbox</code>. 0192 </p></dd> 0193 </dl> 0194 0195 <p>To see the effects of these, contrast running this 0196 </p> 0197 <div class="example"> 0198 <pre class="example">---\begin{minipage}[c]{0.25in} 0199 first\\ second\\ third 0200 \end{minipage} 0201 </pre></div> 0202 0203 <p>with the results of changing <code>c</code> to <code>b</code> or <code>t</code>. 0204 </p> 0205 <p>The optional argument <var>height</var> is a rigid length (see <a href="Lengths.html#Lengths">Lengths</a>). 0206 It sets the height of the <code>minipage</code>. You can enter any value 0207 larger than, or equal to, or smaller than the <code>minipage</code>’s natural 0208 height and LaTeX will not give an error or warning. You can also set 0209 it to a height of zero or a negative value. 0210 </p> 0211 <p>The final optional argument <var>inner-pos</var> controls the placement of 0212 <var>content</var> inside the box. These are the possible values are (the 0213 default is the value of <var>position</var>). 0214 </p> 0215 <dl compact="compact"> 0216 <dt><code>t</code></dt> 0217 <dd><p>Place <var>content</var> at the top of the box. 0218 </p> 0219 </dd> 0220 <dt><code>c</code></dt> 0221 <dd><p>Place it in the vertical center. 0222 </p> 0223 </dd> 0224 <dt><code>b</code></dt> 0225 <dd><p>Place it at the box bottom. 0226 </p> 0227 </dd> 0228 <dt><code>s</code></dt> 0229 <dd><p>Stretch <var>contents</var> out vertically; it must contain vertically 0230 stretchable space. 0231 </p> 0232 </dd> 0233 </dl> 0234 0235 <p>The <var>inner-pos</var> argument makes sense when the <var>height</var> option 0236 is set to a value larger than the <code>minipage</code>’s natural height. To 0237 see the effect of the options, run this example with the various choices 0238 in place of <code>b</code>. 0239 </p> 0240 <div class="example"> 0241 <pre class="example">Text before 0242 \begin{center} 0243 ---\begin{minipage}[c][3in][b]{0.25\textwidth} 0244 first\\ second\\ third 0245 \end{minipage} 0246 \end{center} 0247 Text after 0248 </pre></div> 0249 0250 <a name="index-indentation-of-paragraphs_002c-in-minipage"></a> 0251 <a name="index-paragraph-indentation_002c-in-minipage"></a> 0252 <a name="index-_005cparindent"></a> 0253 <p>By default paragraphs are not indented in a <code>minipage</code>. Change 0254 that with a command such as <code>\setlength{\parindent}{1pc}</code> at 0255 the start of <var>contents</var>. 0256 </p> 0257 <a name="index-footnotes-in-figures"></a> 0258 <a name="index-figures_002c-footnotes-in"></a> 0259 <p>Footnotes in a <code>minipage</code> environment are handled in a way that is 0260 particularly useful for putting footnotes in figures or tables. A 0261 <code>\footnote</code> or <code>\footnotetext</code> command puts the footnote at 0262 the bottom of the minipage instead of at the bottom of the page, and it 0263 uses the <code>\mpfootnote</code> counter instead of the ordinary 0264 <code>footnote</code> counter (see <a href="Counters.html#Counters">Counters</a>). 0265 </p> 0266 <p>This puts the footnote at the bottom of the table, not the bottom of the 0267 page. 0268 </p> 0269 <div class="example"> 0270 <pre class="example">\begin{center} % center the minipage on the line 0271 \begin{minipage}{2.5in} 0272 \begin{center} % center the table inside the minipage 0273 \begin{tabular}{ll} 0274 \textsc{Monarch} &\textsc{Reign} \\ \hline 0275 Elizabeth II &63 years\footnote{to date} \\ 0276 Victoria &63 years \\ 0277 George III &59 years 0278 \end{tabular} 0279 \end{center} 0280 \end{minipage} 0281 \end{center} 0282 </pre></div> 0283 0284 <p>If you nest minipages then there is an oddness when using footnotes. 0285 Footnotes appear at the bottom of the text ended by the next 0286 <code>\end{minipage}</code> which may not be their logical place. 0287 </p> 0288 <p>This puts a table containing data side by side with a map graphic. They 0289 are vertically centered. 0290 </p> 0291 <div class="example"> 0292 <pre class="example">\newcommand*{\vcenteredhbox}[1]{\begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}#1\end{tabular}} 0293 ... 0294 \begin{center} 0295 \vcenteredhbox{\includegraphics[width=0.3\textwidth]{nyc.png}} 0296 \hspace{0.1\textwidth} 0297 \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth} 0298 \begin{tabular}{r|l} 0299 \multicolumn{1}{r}{Borough} &Pop (million) \\ \hline 0300 The Bronx &$1.5$ \\ 0301 Brooklyn &$2.6$ \\ 0302 Manhattan &$1.6$ \\ 0303 Queens &$2.3$ \\ 0304 Staten Island &$0.5$ 0305 \end{tabular} 0306 \end{minipage} 0307 \end{center} 0308 </pre></div> 0309 0310 0311 0312 0313 <hr/><div class='referenceinfo'> <a href='https://latexref.xyz/'> <i>Unofficial LaTeX2e reference manual</i></a></div> 0314 </body> 0315 </html>