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From: wrtc@ciba-geigy.ch (Roland Tucci)
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Subject: Re: \part and some text on the same page
Keywords: latex \part
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Date: 11 Mar 91 13:22:50 GMT
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In article <5511@gara.une.oz.au>, ascott@gara.une.oz.au (ascott) writes:
|>
|>Hi there,
|>In my thesis I have a part called the introduction. Latex places this
|>on a page by itself. I would like to place a short peice of text on
|>the same page. 
|>
|>Has anyone done this or could someone point me in the right direction?

I did it the following way:

\part[<your title>]{<your title again>\\
\vspace{1cm}
\parbox{10cm}{\normalsize <your short text...>}}

I hope this helps you
Regards 
Roland
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