# [OS X TeX] LaTeX question

Ross Moore ross.moore at mq.edu.au
Mon Aug 13 04:06:55 EDT 2012

Hi Gary,

On 13/08/2012, at 5:10 AM, Gary L. Gray wrote:

>> parbox; and better equation*/split than align*:
>>
>> \item
>> \raisebox{0pt}{\parbox{10pc}{
>> \begin{equation*}
>> \begin{split}
>> y &= \int \sin x \,dx \\
>> &\qquad{} + x^{2}
>> \end{split}
>> \end{equation*}
>> }}
>
> I am finally getting back to this project and I want to thank everyone who answered. This solution from Axel works very well as long as I adjust the length in the \raisebox command (it turns out that -8pt works well). It turns out I did try using \parbox before, but not in this way. Nicely done.

You really want to use a solution that does not require you to guess
how much to raise by.

The attached examples give several options.
Note that for internal reasons, \begin{align*} ... \end{align*}
should be replaced by  \begin{aligned} ... \end{aligned} inside
a surrounding  {equation*} environment, or similar.
----  {align}  is too "outer" to work properly when boxed.
You discovered this already, I guess.
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\documentclass[12pt,fleqn]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[all]{xy}

\begin{document}

\Xy-pic allows for great flixibility in how the equation is aligned.
The main thing though is to adjust the \verb|\displaywidth| with the
equation-display inside a box. Framing is optional, and there are
many different styles of frame that can be used.

\begin{itemize}
\item
\xy*+!U[F-]\txt{% aligns a the top \setlength{\displaywidth}{.5\textwidth}% \begin{equation*} y = \int \sin x \,dx + x^{2} \end{equation*} }\endxy
aligned at the top

\item
\xy*+!C[F=]\txt{% aligns in the centre \setlength{\displaywidth}{.5\textwidth}% \begin{equation*} y = \int \sin x \,dx + x^{2} \end{equation*} }\endxy
aligned in the centre

\item
\xy*+!D[F.]\txt{% aligns at the bottom \setlength{\displaywidth}{.5\textwidth}% \begin{equation*} y = \int \sin x \,dx + x^{2} \end{equation*} }\endxy
aligned at the bottom

\item
\xy*+!C[F=]\txt{{% aligns in the centre \setlength{\displaywidth}{.5\textwidth}% \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned} y &= \int \sin x \,dx \cr &\qquad{} + x^{2} \end{aligned} \end{equation*} }}\endxy
multiline environments require an extra set of \verb|{...}| to shield the \verb|&| characters.

\end{itemize}

You don't need to use \Xy-pic; a simple \verb|\framebox| will do\dots

\begin{itemize}
\item \framebox{% aligns in the centre
\setlength{\displaywidth}{.5\textwidth}%
\begin{equation*}
y = \int \sin x \,dx + x^{2}
\end{equation*}
} \dots but then there is no easy control over the vertical alignment.

\item \framebox{% aligns in the centre
\setlength{\displaywidth}{.5\textwidth}%
\begin{equation*}
\begin{aligned}
y &= \int \sin x \,dx \\
\end{aligned}
\end{equation*}}

\end{itemize}

\end{document}

>
> Thank you again.
>
> Gary

Hope this helps,

Ross

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