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Learning Objectives

In this tutorial, we will learn to

• Add coloured boxes with fcolorbox
• Customize box spacing
• Frame pages with different boxes

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System Requirements

To record this tutorial, I am using:

Linux Mint OS version 21.3 Texworks version 0.6.6

To record this tutorial I am using the following setup.

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Pre-requisites

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Code files

The following code files are required to practice this tutorial:

1. fancybox-eg.tex

2. Free-Stock-Photos.jpg

These files are provided in the Code Files link of this tutorial page.

The following code files are required to practice this tutorial.

These files are provided in the Code Files link of this tutorial page.

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Click the green Typeset button and show the output

Let us get started

Comment line 139.

Click the green Typeset button to run the code.

Here is the output.

We see text in a two coloured box.

Highlight:

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And point to the box in the output

\fcolorbox{red}{green} specifies the frame and filler colours of the box.

Here the frame is red and the filler is green.

Note that we have loaded the color package.

Highlight

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And point to the box in the output

Zoom the output to show the box clearly.

Comment line 20

Click the green Typeset button and show the output

Show all the boxes from top to bottom.

Comment line 20.

Run the code.

Here is the output.

Observe that all the boxes have no space around the text.

Uncomment line 20

Click the green Typeset button and show the output

Let us fill the box with some space around the text.

Uncomment line 20.

Run the code.

Here is the output.

Now there is space around the text inside all the boxes.

Highlight :

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Uncomment line 7,8,9,10

Click the green Typeset button and show the output

Point to the shadow box of the complete first page

Uncomment lines 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Run the code.

Here is the output.

The complete first page is in a shadow box.

Highlight :

lines 7 to 10

Point to the first page with shadow.

\thisfancypage command, defines the shadow for the current page only.

The first page is now shown within a shadow box.

Uncomment line 13, 14, 15, 16

Click the green Typeset button and show the output

Point to the shadow box of all the pages in output

Uncomment lines 13, 14, 15, and 16.

Run the code.

Here is the output

All pages are displayed inside a shadow box.

Highlight :

lines 13 to 16

\fancypage defines a shadow box for

all the pages.

Comment line 7,8,9,10 and 16

Uncomment line 17

Click the green Typeset button and show the output

Point to the oval box in the output

Comment lines 7, 8, 9, 10 and 16.

Uncomment line 17.

Run the code

Here is the output

All the pages are enclosed within an oval box.

Highlight:

lines 13 to 17

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Summary

In this tutorial, we have learnt to

Add coloured boxes with fcolorbox Customize box spacing Frame pages with different boxes

With this we come to the end of this tutorial.

Let us summarise.

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Assignment

As an Assignment

Create question and answer with

answer enclosed in a blue box

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Thank you