Text Formatting ⇒ Paragraph side border

[jonallard]

How would one add a vertical line left of a paragraph, analogous to a paragraph border in MS Word?

[localghost]

Search the forum for the framed package and its leftbar environment. If you want that line in the margin, you can use the \marginpar command. An enhancement to this command comes with the marginnote package.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[jonallard]

Thank you for responding.

The leftbar works well for me. However, I cannot figure out how to put it in the margin with \marginpar. Any pointers?

[localghost]

I expressed myself a little bit misleading. You can only use one or the other. Read the marginnote manual for more information.

[jonallard]

Still, after reading the manual, I don't get: how can you use this package to create a bar rather than a note?

[localghost]

Just use the \rule command.

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\marginnote{\rule{\2pt}{3\baselineskip}}  % vertical rule with height of three lines

[ptrcao]

Just use the \rule command.

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\marginnote{\rule{\2pt}{3\baselineskip}}  % vertical rule with height of three lines

Sorry to revive an old thread but this is very close to what I'm looking for. I wanted the above, but on the left side, not the right side. I've tried using the \margin options but I can't seem to force the side border to go on the left hand side of the paragraph...