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From: bob@islenet.UUCP (Bob Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Doing somethings with TeX
Message-ID: <2586@islenet.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Jun-86 18:35:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 17 18:35:57 1986
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>I am trying to make the following table in Tex (or LaTeX)...
>
>+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
>|                                   | Date:                           |
>|                                   +---------------------------------+
>|          box 1                    | Time:                           |
>|                                   +---------------------------------+
>|                                   | Place:                          |
>+-----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
>
>With several lines of \Large letters in the box on the left hand side
>and a series of left justified texts (above) in the other three...
>The line-boxes around them are rule-boxes.

Try.....

\offinterlineskip
\hrule
% with \setbox1=\vbox{\Large \hsize \something \noindent \strut text... \strut}
% where \something is the size of interest, say 30pc
\line{
	\vrule
	\box1
	\vrule
	\vbox{
		\hbox{\strut \quad Date: \hfil}
		\hrule
		\hbox{\strut \quad Time: \hfil}
		\hrule
		\hbox{\strut \quad Place: \hfil}
		}
	\vrule
	}
% if the height of box1 turns out to be greater than the sum of
% the heights of the stacked hboxes (and the little extra added
% by the hrules) then you'll need to add some extra glue or fill
% to even them out.
% similarly, if text ends up being set in the bottom of box1,
% and you want it at the top (or middle), add extra glue or fill
% to fix.

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Bob Cunningham  {dual|vortex|ihnp4}!islenet!bob
		cunninghamr%haw.sdscnet@LLL-MFE.ARPA
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii