Math & Science

petey · Post by **petey** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:58 pm

Hi guys,

I would like to have a colored box around theorems and definitions. How can I do that ?

Thanks in advance.
petey

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Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:12 pm

Hi petey,

you could use \colorbox or \fcolorbox, like

\fcolorbox{frame color name}{box color name}{text}

Those commands are described in the documentation to the color and graphicx packages (grfguide.pdf).

Stefan

petey · Post by **petey** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:32 pm

Hi Stefan,

Thanks! I tried them and they work as long as I don't put a theorem inside. Strange.

petey

Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:54 pm

You could try the framed package. It provides more features than the color package with its boxes.

Stefan

petey · Post by **petey** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:51 pm

Hi Stefan,

Thank you very much

! It works perfectly.

Post by **localghost** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:55 pm

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petey · Post by **petey** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:34 am

Done.

Thanks again for all the help and a great forum.

Best regards
petey

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