farkas@eecg.toronto.edu (Keith I. Farkas) (05/23/91)
I have a list of names and addresses that I wish to print in a three column format as shown below. Name 1 Name 2 Name 3 Address line 1 Address line 1 Address line 1 Address line 2 Address line 2 Address line 2 Address line 3 Address line 3 Name 4 Name 5 Address line 1 Address line 1 ** NOTE: the number of address lines is not the same for all names. While I can use one of the multicolumn styles (i.e. threecolumn or multicol), the "name" lines won't necessarily line up. Ideally, I would like to have a vertical equivalent to the "mbox" command. That is, a command that would let me specify the width AND the number of lines. Then I could use the "vbox" command with one of the multicolumn styles. Any ideas, thanks. Keith Farkas farkas@eecg.toronto.edu
marcel@cs.caltech.edu (Marcel van der Goot) (05/24/91)
farkas@eecg.toronto.edu (Keith I. Farkas) wrote > I have a list of names and addresses that I wish to print in a three column > format as shown below. midnight/labels.tex will do this: \input labels \hlbls=3 % three columns of labels \vlbls=5 % five rows of labels \beginlabels % addresses, separated by empty lines \endlabels \bye or \input labels \hlbls=3 \vlbls=5 \labelfile{xxx} % if file xxx has the addresses \bye (Use TeX instead of LaTeX; that really doesn't matter, since your input is just the addresses, nothing else.) There are also control sequences to change the size of the labels, to change the space between the labels, to specify that you want a box around the labels, etc. labels.tex, and the documentation, labels.doc, are available from ymir.claremont.edu [134.173.4.23], directory [tex.inputs.midnight]. Marcel van der Goot .---------------------------------------------------------------- | Blauw de viooltjes, marcel@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu | Rood zijn de rozen; | Een rijm kan gezet | Met plaksel en dozen. |