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From: steveb@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu (Steve Burns)
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Subject: LaTeX parbox environment?
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In LaTeX, is there some way to define an environment 
(a \begin{mythreeinchparbox} ... \end{mythreeinchparbox} pair)
that behaves the same way as a \parbox{3in}{ ... } ?

I thought this would work:
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\documentstyle[12pt]{report}

\newenvironment{mythreeinchparbox}{\parbox{3in}\bgroup}{\egroup}

\begin{document}
\begin{mythreeinchparbox}
Steve Burns
\end{mythreeinchparbox}
\end{document}
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but it uses \bgroup as the argument for \parbox.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. (e-mail responses only)

-Steve Burns
steveb@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu