I am using the exam package for the first time. I wanted to edit the header as mentioned on page 117 of the documentation. The \makebox
command is causing an error of the type: Missing \begin{document}...
This happens when the optional arguments of size and position are used, i.e., \makebox[size][position]{text}
, but when used without them, it raises no errors, however, the text
in \makebox{text}
would be misplaced. Any suggestions?
Here is a minimum non-working example (taken from the documentation linked above):
\documentclass[addpoints, 12pt]{exam}
\pagestyle{headandfoot}
\lhead{\large\bfseries Foundations of Mathematics (MATH113)\\ Midterm Exam, December 21, 2021}
\chead{}
% This is the line causing the problem!
% specifically: the optional arguments of \makebox[][]{}
\rhead[\large\bfseries Name:\enspace\makebox[2in]{\hrulefill}]{}
\lfoot{}
\cfoot[]{Page \thepage}
\rfoot{}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\fbox{\fbox{\centering Minimum Working Example}}
\end{center}
\end{document}
Best Answer
The solution to this problem was provided by David Carlisle in the comments section. It involves wrapping the
\makebox[size][position]{text}
command by extra curly brackets to hide the optional arguments of size and position so that the\makebox
command won't raise the error it does as shown in the question.