The \makebox command creates a box to contain the specified
text. The
width of the box may be specified by the optional width argument.
The text in the box is set in LR mode.
If the optional width argument is used, the optional
position argument may also be used to specify the position of
text within the box as follows:
l - flushleft
r - flushright
s - interword space adjusted so text fills box exactly
The default horizontal and vertical positioning (if the second optional
argument is omitted) is to center text
in the box.
Note that text may overflow the box, in which case it is
typeset on top of the adjacent text. While this is generally undesirable,
it can also be used to create special effects.
The \makebox command for the picture environment is similar to the
normal \makebox command except that you must specify a width and
height (note that these are in parentheses) in multiples of
\unitlength.
The optional argument, position, specifies the quadrant that your
text appears in. You may select up to two of the following: