Text Formatting ⇒ \newline doesn't work inside \mbox{}

[rogozyn]

Can somebody tell me why I can't move to next line with command \newline or \\ ?

It works perfectly in main body, but inside \mbox or \caption I can't
force it to do what I ask.

I have even installed livetex-full under Ubuntu (ealier was installed default).I'm beginner so I have put that information just incase it is important.
The same problem is under windows miktex. At the begining I thought that something is mising.

Code:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{report}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

\begin{document}

Here moving to \\next line works


\mbox{Here it \\ doesn't}


\end{document}

I used pdflatex and latex command under console (I have got the same effect).

It's what i have got after pdflatex:
http://fatcat.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~pradera/xx.pdf

[frabjous]

That's perfectly normal. \mbox-es are typeset in LR mode, not paragraph mode. Try a parbox instead.

Code: Select all

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{report}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}

\begin{document}

Here moving to \\next line works


\parbox[t]{3cm}{Here it \\ also does}


\end{document}

[rogozyn]

Thank you. It helped.

[sommerfee]

And regarding \caption: You can use \\ inside \caption if either the caption package will be used or the text of the caption will be longer than a single line.

[localghost]

Thank you. It helped.

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