Text Formatting ⇒ Right Justification of Box Content

[noelrich]

I am trying to finish the last edits to my dissertation, and the university doesn't have a LaTeX template. I have made all the necessary changes, but can't seem to get the last bit done. The second bit here needs a right justification for the committee members (which are generated with the #1, #2 ...)

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\centerline{\parbox[t]{0.2\textwidth}{\setstretch{2} Committee Chair:\\Committee:}
\hspace{1cm} \parbox[t]{0.3\textwidth}{\setstretch{2}        {#1}\\\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{}{{ #2}\\}{#3}\\{#4}\\{#5}\\{#6}

Any one know how to do this?

Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the board!

The code snippet is pretty incomplete, it looks like a part of a macro definition. Nothing we just could run and see.

Nevertheless, if you mean right justification, you could use the {flushright} environment or \raggedleft, or a {tabular} environment.

Stefan

[noelrich]

I have tried the flushright and raggedleft without any luck, I'll attach the whole class file (line 514 was the start of the last post.).

Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

And how did you use it? A minimal working example would show it. Such as

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\documentclass{gsudiss}
\begin{document}
\committee{One}{Two}{Three}{Four}{Five}{Six}{Seven}{Eight}
\end{document}

but this shows just

committee.png (2.28 KiB) Viewed 4575 times

Stefan

[noelrich]

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\documentclass[12pt,gsu,online,double]{gsudiss}

\usepackage{natbib}                % To format bibliographies.
\setlength{\bibsep}{0pt}           % Necessary for bib entries to have
                                   % correct line spacing.
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cftfigfont}{Figure\ }
\renewcommand{\cfttabfont}{Table\ }
%\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{pdflscape,array}
%\usepackage{deluxetable}
\usepackage{aas}                   % Some abbreviations for AAS references.
\citestyle{aa}                     % Astronomy & Astrophysics cite style.
\usepackage{eucal}                 % Euler fonts for equations.
\usepackage{verbatim}              % Allows quoting source with commands.
\usepackage{graphicx}              % For powerful manipulation of figures.
\usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,amsfonts,amsopn,amssymb} % Some nice math packages.
\usepackage{longtable}                % My preference table package.
\usepackage[overlay]{textpos}      % Put stuff anywhere, I mean anywhere ...
\usepackage{pstricks}              % Draw stuff especially on top figures etc...
\usepackage{afterpage}             % Useful for absolute placement of figures and tables.
\usepackage{rotating}
%\input{figures}                    % My defined figures, see the file "figures.tex".
\input{usercommands}               % User defined commands go in this
                                   % file called "usercommands.tex".
                                   % Of course you can rename it.

\usepackage{atbeginend}            % Modify space before and after
                                   % equations. These are my preferences.
\AfterBegin{equation}{\addtolength{\abovedisplayskip}{-0.5\baselineskip}}
\BeforeEnd{equation}{\addtolength{\belowdisplayskip}{-0.5\baselineskip}}
\AfterBegin{equation*}{\addtolength{\abovedisplayskip}{-0.5\baselineskip}}
\BeforeEnd{equation*}{\addtolength{\belowdisplayskip}{-0.5\baselineskip}}

\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.85}        % These modify figure placement on
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.85}     % the page and various other space
\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.10}       % requirements for figures.
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.80}  % These 5 lines are not
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{0.5}        % necessary but I think its better
                                         % than latex default.

\clubpenalty=9999                  % Make Latex try hard to fix
\widowpenalty=9999                 % "stray lines" in paragraphs,
                                   % i.e. paragraph that begin at the
                                   % last line of a page, or end with
                                   % the last line on the following
                                   % page. This looks silly.

\settocname{Table of Contents}              % Set the "Table of Contents"
                                   % name. This is the default. You
                                   % can use "Table of Contents" for example.

\setlofname{List of Figures}               % Change the name from 'List of
                                   % Figures'. Use whatever you wish.

\setlotname{List of Tables}                % Change the name from 'List of
                                   % Tables'. Use whatever suit your
                                   % fancy.

\settocbibname{References}         % Change the name from
                                   % 'Bibliography'. Change it back if
                                   % you feel like it.

\setloaname{List of Abbreviations}
                                   % I Changed the name from 'List of
                                   % Abbreviations'. Use any name that
                                   % makes sense here. If you don't
                                   % have an "abbreviations.tex" file,
                                   % this command will do nothing.

\setfigname{Figure\ }               % Set the caption labels for figures.

\settabname{Table\ }                % Set the caption labels for tables.

\setcapfont{pnc}                   % Set the caption font for
                                   % both tables and figures.

\chapternumsize{\normalsize}            % You can use any standard latex sizes here.
\chapterheadsize{\normalsize}           % You can use any standard latex sizes here.
\chaptertitlesize{\normalsize}           % You can use any standard latex sizes here.
                                   % These defaults look good to me.

\beforechapterheadname{}         % Optional text to put in front of
                                   % the chapter number.
\afterchapterheadname{}          % Optional text to put after the
                                   % chapter number. The default
                                   % looks like this: --1--. Of course
                                   % you can change this to any
                                   % format, for e.g. $\sim$

\chapterheadpos{center}            % You can use 'right', 'left',
                                   % 'center'.

\chaptertitlepos{center}           % You can use 'right', 'left',
                                   % 'center'

\chapterheadverticalspace{6em}     % The space between the Chapter head
                                   % and the top of page. This distance
                                   % is not absolute, but relative to
                                   % the parameters set by the
                                   % geometry package. Play around
                                   % with this number to suit your needs.

\chapterbetweentitlespace{-1.em}   % The space between the chapter head
                                   % and the title head.

\titleheadverticalspace{2em}       % The space between the title head
                                   % and the text.

\sectiontitlesize{\normalsize}          % This is obvious.
\sectiontitlepos{left}             % Obvious.

\sectiontitleverticalspace{1em}    % The space between the section head
                                   % and the text.

\subsectiontitlesize{\normalsize}       % Obvious.
\subsectiontitlepos{left}          % Obvious.

\subsectiontitleverticalspace{0.5em} % You get the idea...

\sepabbrev{7em}                    % The space between the abbreviation
                                   % lists, that is, if you have
                                   % one. Has to be >= 5em.

\prettify{pzc}

\printdraft{\textcolor{gray}\small DRAFT}    % In order to use this
                                   % command, you have to enable "drafts"
                                   % in the option of the gsudiss
                                   % class, otherwise it does
                                   % nothing. This prints the word
                                   % "DRAFT" in gray color in the header of your
                                   % dissertation. You can go wild
                                   % here if you want. Just make sure
                                   % you disable the draft option
                                   % before final printing.

\author(name)              % Name required.

\title(blah)    % Title of dissertation Required.

\titlesize(12)(12)                               % This is for changing
                                             % the default font size
                                             % for your title. The
                                             % first argument is the
                                             % font size, the second
                                             % is the line spacing for
                                             % long tiles that wrap to
                                             % more than one line.
                                             % Default is equivalent
                                             % to the \LARGE command,
                                             % which is roughly (22)(22).

% \committee: The first parenthesis must contain your supervisor name.
%         You can have two supervisors (for strange reasons), in which case, the
%         second supervisor goes into the square brackets, next to the
%         first. If you have one like me, then leave the second entry blank, like below. The
%         rest of the parentheses contains the rest of your committee members. You
%         can have up to six entries, NOT including your supervisor(s). My
%         school requires five or four. I have five (5) members
%         below. Finally, the last square brackets contains the
%         chairman of your department. In my case, the chairman is
%         also a committee member, so he is listed twice. Note that
%         there is no need to put the "Dr." title in front of any of the names.

\committee(Douglas R. Gies)[]
          (Harold A. McAlister)
          (Todd J. Henry)
          (Misty C. Bentz)
          (Brian D. Thoms)
          (Nancy D. Morrison)
          [H. Richard Miller]

\department(Department of Physics and Astronomy)
                                   % Your Department name.
                                   % Other departments you can
                                   % use include
                                   % \department(School of Arts \& Design)
                                   % or \department(School of Music), etc...

\departmenttitle(Chair)            % For Arts and Music school
                                   % students use
                                   % \departmenttitle{Director}

\graduationyear(2012)              % Defaults to the same year
                                   % you are writing this
                                   % Dissertation. Do
                                   % \graduationyear(200x) if
                                   % you ever need to change it.

\graduationmonth(May)      % This is the date of the
                                   % official graduation ceremony.
                                   % Do \graduationmonth{January}
                                   % for example. Defaults to "August"

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%               The dissertation starts here.                        %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\begin{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Even if I add some text and add \end{document} to make it compilable, it doesn't show a committee but just errors. I gave a link above explaining what a minimal example means. Did you see it? I mean, I take time to deal with your question, you could take the time to follow the link and read it. You write a dissertation, so I'm sure you would understand it and just missed to follow the link.

I spent some time here, soon my laptop battery runs out of energy, so no guarantee that I will answer later again.

Stefan

[noelrich]

Sorry, I put together a minimal sample set of files now... the 'package' is a hodgepodge of files (as the university refuses to provide a template). The support files are there, and there is a bash script called 'create'. The Professors on the committee will need to be right aligned and I don't know how to get that to work. Thanks for the help.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

So as I said above, just insert a \raggedleft command, such as

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  \def\committeemembers{\hspace{1.12in}
Professor:\\Committee:}
    \centerline{\parbox[t]{0.2\textwidth}{\setstretch{2} Committee Chair:\\Committee:}
      \hspace{1cm} \parbox[t]{0.3\textwidth}{\raggedleft\setstretch{2}        { #1}\\\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{}}{}{{ #2}\\}{#3}\\{#4}\\{#5}\\{#6}
        \ifthenelse{\equal{#7}{}}{}{\\{#7}}\ifthenelse{\equal{#8}{}}{}{\\{#8}}}}\vspace{1cm}}

Stefan

[noelrich]

Thank you so much! I think I had just put it in the wrong spot before.