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Hasan Qunoo

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Jun 3, 2010, 11:36:14 AM6/3/10

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Dear All,

How to include multi-line \fbox in latex.

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Hasan

Peter Flynn

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Jun 4, 2010, 5:06:29 AM6/4/10

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On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Hasan Qunoo <has...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear All,

How to include multi-line \fbox in latex.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{url}
\begin{document}
\fboxsep5mm
\fbox{\vbox{\hsize=10cm\noindent
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If the text contains fragile commands, use the fancybox package and typeset the box first, using Sbox, then you can put the result into one of the fancier boxes:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{url,fancybox}
\begin{document}
\begin{Sbox}
\begin{minipage}{10cm}
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\end{minipage}
\end{Sbox}
\fboxsep5mm
\shadowbox{\TheSbox}
\end{document}