[OS X TeX] headers and footers

[lichtner]

\parbox worked! Except for one little problem: I wanted the first line 
in the footer to be left justified and the second line (the date) right 
justified. I tried using \hfill on the second line but it didn't take 
effect. I am trying to mimic a msword.doc format for a conference 
proceedings, but maybe I am close enough.
...Peter

On Apr 9, 2005, at 16:52, Herb Schulz wrote:

> On 4/9/05 5:37 PM, "lichtner" <lichtner at lanl.gov> wrote:
>
>> I should be more precise: is there a way to put a box around a 
>> multiple
>> line footer---it works fine with a single line using \fbox{}, but I
>> can't get the box to work with 2 lines.
>> ...Peter
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> The problem is that boxes can only have a single line (or a box that 
> acts
> like a single line) inside them. The way you would have to do this is 
> to use
> a \parbox inside the \fbox. Unfortunately, you have to set the width 
> of a
> \parbox unless you write a macro that checks the width of the 
> individual
> lines and makes it the width of the longest line.
>
> Any other (undoubtedly better!) answers? Could \vbox be used?
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
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