[Tex/LaTex] Difference between flushright and raggedleft
horizontal alignment
What is the difference between flushright and raggedleft?
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\begin{flushright}...\end{flushright} is the environment form of \raggedleft. They are the equivalent of \begin{center}...\end{center} and \centering, respectively. Here's an example using the two:
\hfill is equivalent to \hspace\fill. However, LaTeX removes horizontal space under circumstances, such as at the end of a line. If you don't want LaTeX to remove this space, use the starred version \hspace*. Btw, it's similar with \vspace and \vspace*.
Btw. when I tested it with your code to see that it works, I noticed a missing closing brace in line 5. And I would use the geometry package instead of manually adjusting all those lengths.
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\begin{flushright}...\end{flushright}is the environment form of\raggedleft. They are the equivalent of\begin{center}...\end{center}and\centering, respectively. Here's an example using the two:\documentclass[twocolumn]{article} \usepackage{lipsum} \listfiles\begin{document} \lipsum[1] \begin{flushright}\lipsum[2]\end{flushright} \lipsum[3] \newpage \lipsum[4] {\raggedleft\lipsum[5]\par} \lipsum[6] \end{document}In particular, note the extra space around
flushright.