Peter Clark wrote: > Except that centers the whole box in the center of the page. Is there anyone > to keep the box left- or right- aligned on the page, but also have the lines > centered over the box?
sure \newlength{\myLength} \setlength{\myLength}{5cm} \begin{minipage}{1.1\myLength} \begin{center}\rule [1mm]{4.5cm}{.2mm}\\ \fbox{\parbox{\myLength}{% Just some filler text to keep things interesting% } } \\\rule [-1.2mm]{4.5cm}{.2mm}\end{center} \end{minipage} Herbert -- http://www.lyx.org/help/