Text Formatting ⇒ Floating text in a book

[vikingo]

I am working on a book using \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}. I'd like to create some informational text boxes and 'float' them on the outside side of the page similar to an \includegraphics{} or an alertbox. These would be used at least once in each chapter to include important fyi type information that would complement the text. Any ideas on the best way to do this?

[Johannes_B]

Hi and welcome,

you can use package tocbasic to define a new float-environment. Package tcolorbox may come in handy to draw a nice box.

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{tocbasic}
\DeclareNewTOC[
	float,
	type=FYI
]{fyi}
\begin{document}
\chapter{lambada leguan}
\blindtext[12][10]
\begin{FYI}\begin{tcolorbox}[title=For Your
	Information,colframe=red!50]
\blindtext\end{tcolorbox}
\end{FYI}
\blindtext[12][10]
\end{document}