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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I need to put text in a
parbox using an environment. I have defined the environment mybox to do this and
tried to use it in my document as shown below:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\newenvironment{mybox}{%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> \parbox{5cm}{% \parbox
text opening brace<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>}%<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>{ }% \parbox text closing
brace<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\begin{document}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\begin{mybox}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia
deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\end{mybox}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\end{document}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>However, the text is not
placed in a parbox. The output which I need is that given by the following
code:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\begin{document}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\parbox{5cm}{<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in
reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia
deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>\end{document} <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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