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From: davidb@inmet.inmet.com
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Okay, I admit it, I don't understan
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Date: 28 Mar 91 20:24:00 GMT
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/* Written  5:56 pm  Mar 24, 1991 by phys59@jetson.uh.edu */

>Yeah, I have the same question (sort of).  Why does this not work:
>\vfill\hbox{...}\vfill\eject\end
>but this does:
>~hbox{}\vfill\hbox{...}\vfill\eject\end
>The idea is to vertically center the stuff in the middle \hbox.
 
Believe it or not, this is documented.  Both vfill and hfill do not
have any affect at the beginning of a page/line recpectively.  Try
vfill* and hfill*.

						Dave Barton
						barton@i2wash.com