[texhax] sort of table, sort of not

[Randolph J. Herber]

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|From: "Christopher W. Ryan" <cryan at binghamton.edu>
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|How would I create an itemized or ennumerated list that is sort of set aside in
|a box by itself?  Sort of like a table, but with a couple of short, numbered
|paragraphs, rather than rows and columns.  Also sort of like a figure, but with
|text, rather than a drawing?

|Thanks.

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Perhaps:

\documentstyle{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{tabular}{|c|}
\hline \\
\begin{minipage}[b]{8cm}
The items are:
\begin{enumerate}
\item[] Item 1, which includes.
\begin{enumerate}
\item[] Item 2
\item[] Item 3, which includes.
\begin{enumerate}
\item[] Item 4, which includes.
\begin{enumerate}
\item[] Item 5
\item[] Item 6
\item[] Item 7
\end{enumerate}
\item[] Item 8
\end{enumerate}
\item[] Item 9
\end{enumerate}
\item[] Item X
\end{enumerate}
\end{minipage} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{figure}

\end{document}


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