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From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: parbox equivalent?
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:23:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080312182302.ee53f6d1.schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200803121255.16522.jazz_johnson@verizon.net>

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:55:15 -0500
jazz_johnson@verizon.net wrote:

> Is there any recommended ConTeXt equivalent to latex's parbox command?

\framed

> Specifically I'm thinking of signature blocks such as
> 
> \vspace{1in}
>    \hspace{2.5in}
>       \parbox{3in}{Sincerely yours,
>                                  \vspace{.7in}\\
>                                 John Doe}
> 

\blank[1in]
\hskip2.5in
\framed
  [width=3in,align=right]
  {Sincerely yours\blank[.7in]John Doe}

> or this:
> 
> \newcommand{\signature}{ %
>    \vspace{1in}\hspace{3.0in}%
>    \begin{minipage}[t]{3.5in}%
>       The Board of Directors 
>       \vspace{.1in}\\By:%
>       \begin{minipage}[t]{3.0in}%
>          \includegraphics[width=2.5in]{gm_signature.png}\\%
>          \vspace{-1 cm}%
>          \parbox[t]{3.0in}{\hrulefill\\John Doe, General Manager}%
>       \end{minipage}%
>    \end{minipage}%
> }
> 
> or this:
> \begin{tabular}{p{3in} p{3in} }
> \signatureblock1 & \signatureblock2 \\
> \notaryblock1       & \notaryblock2       \\
> \stop{tabular}

\starttable[|p(3in)|p(3in)|]
\NC \signaturblockone \NC \signaturblocktwo \NC\AR
\NC \notaryblockone \NC \notaryblocktwo \NC\AR
\stoptable

Wolfgang
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-12 16:55 jazz_johnson
2008-03-12 17:23 ` Wolfgang Schuster [this message]
2008-03-12 18:06   ` jazz_johnson

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