Changing size

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March 18th 2010, 10:14 AM
wonderboy1953

Changing size

How do I make the boxes bigger?:

$\boxed{}\boxed{}\boxed{}$
March 18th 2010, 01:58 PM
wonderboy1953

Workaround

I found a workaround but I still would welcome hearing from others on my posted problem. Thanks
March 19th 2010, 01:03 AM
Opalg

Quote:

Originally Posted by wonderboy1953

How do I make the boxes bigger?:

$\boxed{}\boxed{}\boxed{}$

The \boxed command is designed to make the box fit snugly around its contents. If you want to make a bigger box then you need to give it some contents (which you can make invisible in various ways). For example, \boxed{\phantom{\vrule height15pt depth5pt width20pt}} will give you a square box with sides 20 points (of which 15pt are above the baseline and 5pt below): $\boxed{\phantom{\vrule height15pt depth5pt width20pt}}$ .
March 19th 2010, 07:53 AM
wonderboy1953

Back to the drawing board

Quote:

Originally Posted by Opalg

The \boxed command is designed to make the box fit snugly around its contents. If you want to make a bigger box then you need to give it some contents (which you can make invisible in various ways). For example, \boxed{\phantom{\vrule height15pt depth5pt width20pt}} will give you a square box with sides 20 points (of which 15pt are above the baseline and 5pt below): $\boxed{\phantom{\vrule height15pt depth5pt width20pt}}$ .

Tried what you suggested. Keep getting the same long rectangle regardless of the numbers I plug in.
March 19th 2010, 08:00 AM
wonderboy1953

Another try

Did a copy and paste. Getting the box, but it's telling me what font it is (Courier New).