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   `\parbox[position][height][inner-pos]{width}{text}'

   A `parbox' is a box whose contents are created in `paragraph' mode.
The `\parbox' has two mandatory arguments:

   * `width' - specifies the width of the parbox, and

   * `text' - the text that goes inside the parbox.

   LaTeX will position a `parbox' so its centre lines up with the
centre of the text line.  The optional position argument allows you to
line up either the top or bottom line in the parbox (default is top).

   If the height argument is not given, the box will have the natural
height of the text.

   The inner-pos argument controls the placement of the text inside the
box. If it is not specified, position is used.

   * `t' -- text is placed at the top of the box.

   * `c' -- text is centred in the box.

   * `b' -- text is placed at the bottom of the box.

   * `s' -- stretch vertically. The text must contain vertically
     stretchable space for this to work.

   A `\parbox' command is used for a parbox containing a small piece of
text, with nothing fancy inside.  In particular, you shouldn't use any
of the paragraph-making environments inside a `\parbox' argument.  For
larger pieces of text, including ones containing a paragraph-making
environment, you should use a `minipage' environment Note: minipage.