Text Formatting ⇒ Using tabbing+minipage

[eswap0]

Hi,
My text is adjusted to the desired lenght when using minipage:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}


\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}{8cm}\small
	{\bf A:}  Bla, bla, bla\\
	{\bf De:}  Bla, bla, bla\\
	{\bf Asunto:}  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum\\
	{\bf Fecha:}  \today\\
\color{lightgray}\rule{\linewidth}{.3mm}
\end{minipage}\\

\end{document}

But as soon as I introduce tabbing, the limits are not respected.

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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}


\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}{8cm}\small
\begin{tabbing}
	123456780\=\kill
	{\bf A:} \> Bla, bla, bla\\
	{\bf De:} \> Bla, bla, bla\\
	{\bf Asunto:} \> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum\\
	{\bf Fecha:} \> \today\\
\color{lightgray}\rule{\linewidth}{.3mm}
\end{tabbing}
\end{minipage}\\

\end{document}

Any clue about how to proceed to get the 8cm limit respected??
Thanks!

[localghost]

Try tabularx instead.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,spanish]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\begin{document}
  \begin{minipage}{8cm}
    \small
    \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{@{}lX@{}}
      \textbf{A:} & Bla, bla, bla \\
      \textbf{De:} & Bla, bla, bla \\
      \textbf{Asunto:} & Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum \\
      \textbf{Fecha:} & \today
    \end{tabularx}
    \color{gray!25}\hrule
  \end{minipage}
\end{document}

Thorsten

[eswap0]

Thank you very much!
Not only you showed me the way to use tabularx but also cleaned my code by using /hrule, /xcolor, etc