[Tex/LaTex] how to put the text in the box

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I want to put a long text in the box using LaTeX, thus, would someone tell me how to put the text in the box? Using \makebox? however, it doesn't work, I use \makebox[10cm]{text in the box}, there is no box in the file.

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You can use \framebox instead of \makebox (which is almost the same as the suggestion in the comments of using \fbox around \makebox). \fbox is a simplified version of\framebox in the same way that \mbox is a simplified version of \makebox for the common case in which you just want the natural size of the contents so do not need to specify any lengths.

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\documentclass{article}
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[Tex/LaTex] How to put a long piece of text in a box

You can use \fbox{...} to put a frame around a \parbox{...} containing your text. Here's an example document. Note the \noindent that prevents the box from being shifted to the right.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\noindent\fbox{%
    \parbox{\textwidth}{%
        The quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog. the quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog. the quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog. the quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog. the quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog. the quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog. the quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog. the quick brown fox jumps right over the lazy dog.
    }%
}
\end{document}

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