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ozmank8
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Minipage doesn't work

Post by ozmank8 »

Hi,

I am trying to put text side by side using minipage but it doesn't work. I wonder if there any clash between the packages or any package is missing.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[aps,pre,preprint,nofootinbib]{article}
\newcommand{\HRule}{\rule{\linewidth}{0.5mm}}
\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\usepackage{glossaries}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{caption}
\DefineVerbatimEnvironment{code}{Verbatim}{fontsize=\small}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks,
citecolor=blue,
filecolor=blue,
linkcolor=blue,
urlcolor=blue
}
\oddsidemargin 0.0in
\evensidemargin 0.0in
\textwidth 6.5in
\headheight 0.0in
\topmargin 0.0in
\textheight 9.0in
\pagestyle{headings}
\title{ABC}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\HRule \\[0.5cm]
{ \huge \bfseries LCS Capable GSM Network}\\[0.2cm]
\vspace{0.25cm}
\large{Software Requirement Specification\\}
\HRule \\[1.5cm]
%\vspace{2cm}
\begin{minipage} {1.0\textwidth}
\begin{flushleft} \large
\emph{Author:}\\
 
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Last edited by ozmank8 on Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:47 am, edited 1 time in total.

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ozmank8
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Re: Minipage doesn't work

Post by ozmank8 »

I have fixed the problem using tabular tag. But still want to know why minipage doesn't work.
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Minipage doesn't work

Post by localghost »

Please always check your examples for completeness and minimal content. Your code is not compilable as provided.

To your problem. Two minipage environments with the width of the text width logically can't be placed side by side. You have to choose a width that is equal to the text width (or lower). And a blank line always introduces a new paragraph.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[centering,includeheadfoot,text={6.5in,9in}]{geometry}
\title{ABC}
\newcommand*{\HRule}{\rule[1ex]{\linewidth}{0.5mm}}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\centering
\HRule \\
\huge
\bfseries
LCS Capable GSM Network\\[\baselineskip]
\large
\mdseries
Software Requirement Specification\\[0.5\baselineskip]
\HRule \\[\baselineskip]
\begin{minipage} {0.45\textwidth}
\raggedright
\large
\emph{Author:}\\
Tejas Oza\\
Uppsala University\\[1ex]
\emph{Supervisor:}\\
Hao
\end{minipage}
\hfill
\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
\raggedleft
\large
\emph{Author:}\\
Tobias Vehkajarvi\\
Gothenberg University\\[1ex]
\emph{Supervisor:}\\
Robert
\end{minipage}
\end{titlepage}
 
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Page and paper dimensions are better set up with the geometry package. It makes things much easier (see code above).


Thorsten
ozmank8
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Re: Minipage doesn't work

Post by ozmank8 »

Thanks for your quick reply.
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