On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, mark visser wrote:
> If I look at the the pdf Not so Short Introduction to LaTeX2e I see that
> the autor has boxes with text with a line around it trough his entire
> document. The "boxes" are all beautifully aligned on the left side with
> other text on the right side. How do I do this in Lyx/Latex. I searched
> a few tutorials but cannot find a way to do this. I only see references
> to \fbox and this only makes boxes consisting of one line and I cannot
> place text next to them...
you can use command \parbox. I forget how to use it, see latex manual.
or use package framed.sty (dl from CTAN).
in preamble \usepackage{framed}
in the text:
\begin{framed}
... text ...
\end{framed}
Wayan
