Text Formatting ⇒ Force justification on one line of text

[Bram]

I have a line of text in my document that almost fill a printed line. It is nicer to have them completely fill the printed line, so that they align with the rest of the text. How can I force justification?

Any help would be appreciated!

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\documentclass{memoir}
\begin{document}
This is a text that almost fills a complete printed line.
\end{document}

[cgnieder]

Does this line build a paragraph of its own?

Regards

[Bram]

Yes it is a paragraph of its own in this simplified example. In the layout I have in mind it is a kind of subtitle for a chapter, with some keywords that almost fill one line, bit I'ld rather have it exactly fill one line.

[alainremillard]

You could use the \makebox command like this

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\documentclass{memoir}
\begin{document}
\makebox[\textwidth][s]{This is a text that almost fills a complete printed line.}
\end{document}

The first optional argument il the lenght of the box, and the second is the aligment of the text inside the box. "s" stand for spread. latex will make the interword space bigger to fit the text in the whole line.

If your parindent is greater than 0, you might have to set the lenght of the box manually.

have a good day
Alain Remillard

[Bram]

Great! That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the help!