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Boxes

Latex Commands for Using or Making Boxes
Latex Commands Function
\mbox{...}  
\makebox[wd][pos]{...} wd: the width of the box
  pos: puts text at left (l), right(r)
  or center(defaut)
\fbox{text}  
\framebox[wd][pos]{text} same as and but draws frame around box
\begin{minipage}[pos]{wd} wd: the width of the parbox
... \end{minipage} pos: aligned at top(t), bottom(b) or center(defaut) line
\parbox[pos]{wd}{...} same as minipage for small test