[Tex/LaTex] Why is the minipage indented on the left

minipage

I am trying to create a CV and for the heading information I am using a minipage to display my name and Curriculum Vitae inline with smaller text containing my contact information.

The code works fine, but I cannot figure out why the left edge of the minipage is indented further than the section heading and text and which come below it.

Any ideas and help would be very appreciate.

Here is the code:

%-------------------------------------------------------------------
% PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
%-------------------------------------------------------------------
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{array, xcolor, lipsum, bibentry}
\usepackage[
    paper=letterpaper,
    includefoot,            % Uncomment to put page number above margin
    marginparwidth=1in,     % Length of section titles
    marginparsep=.05in,     % Space between titles and text
    margin=1in,         % 1 inch margins
    ]{geometry}

\usepackage{showframe}  

% Shrink spacing around section headings
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat*{\section}{\large\bfseries}
\titlespacing\section{0pt}{12pt plus 4pt minus 2pt}{0pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}

% Break tables across pages
\usepackage{supertabular}

% Set column sizes and color
\definecolor{lightgray}{gray}{0.8}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedleft}p{0.1225\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{R}{p{0.81\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{X}{>{\raggedleft}p{0.05\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{Y}{p{0.9\textwidth}}

% Commands to simplify starting a table
\newcommand\VRule{\color{lightgray}\vrule width 0.5pt}
\newcommand\smalltab{\begin{supertabular}{L!{\VRule}R}}
\newcommand\medtab{\begin{supertabular}{X!{\VRule}Y}}
\newcommand\longtab{\begin{supertabular}{L!{\VRule}R}}

\begin{document}
%------------------------------------------------------------------- 
% NAME AND CONTACT INFO
%-------------------------------------------------------------------

\begin{minipage}[b]{0.65\textwidth}
\begin{flushleft}
    \Huge{\textsc{Here is my name\\}}
    \Large{Curriculum Vitae}
\end{flushleft} 
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.35\textwidth}
    \small{Street Address\\
    City, State 12345\\
    emailaddress@gmail.com\\
    www.website.com\\
    1-555-555-5551}
\end{minipage}

%-------------------------------------------------------------------
% EDUCATION
%-------------------------------------------------------------------
\section*{Education}
\smalltab
    2011--present & PhD in Stuff, Very Awesome School.\\[2.5pt]
    2009--2011 & Masters in Stuff, Just OK School.\\[2.5pt]
    2004--2008 & Bachelors in Things, Relatively Awesome School.\\
\end{supertabular}

\end{document}

Best Answer

This avoids the problem, I think:

%-------------------------------------------------------------------
% PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
%-------------------------------------------------------------------
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{array, xcolor, lipsum, bibentry}
\usepackage[
    paper=letterpaper,
    includefoot,            % Uncomment to put page number above margin
    marginparwidth=1in,     % Length of section titles
    marginparsep=.05in,     % Space between titles and text
    margin=1in,         % 1 inch margins
    ]{geometry}

\usepackage{showframe}

% Shrink spacing around section headings
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat*{\section}{\large\bfseries}
\titlespacing\section{0pt}{12pt plus 4pt minus 2pt}{0pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}

% Break tables across pages
\usepackage{supertabular}

% Set column sizes and color
\definecolor{lightgray}{gray}{0.8}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedleft}p{0.1225\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{R}{p{0.81\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{X}{>{\raggedleft}p{0.05\textwidth}}
\newcolumntype{Y}{p{0.9\textwidth}}

% Commands to simplify starting a table
\newcommand\VRule{\color{lightgray}\vrule width 0.5pt}
\newcommand\smalltab{\begin{supertabular}{L!{\VRule}R}}
\newcommand\medtab{\begin{supertabular}{X!{\VRule}Y}}
\newcommand\longtab{\begin{supertabular}{L!{\VRule}R}}

\begin{document}
%-------------------------------------------------------------------
% NAME AND CONTACT INFO
%-------------------------------------------------------------------

\hspace*{-\parindent}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.65\textwidth}
\begin{flushleft}
    \Huge{\textsc{Here is my name\\}}
    \Large{Curriculum Vitae}
\end{flushleft}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.35\textwidth}
    \small{Street Address\\
    City, State 12345\\
    emailaddress@gmail.com\\
    www.website.com\\
    1-555-555-5551}
\end{minipage}

%-------------------------------------------------------------------
% EDUCATION
%-------------------------------------------------------------------
\section*{Education}
\smalltab
    2011--present & PhD in Stuff, Very Awesome School.\\[2.5pt]
    2009--2011 & Masters in Stuff, Just OK School.\\[2.5pt]
    2004--2008 & Bachelors in Things, Relatively Awesome School.\\
\end{supertabular}

\end{document}

Basically, TeX is treating the first minipage as the beginning of a paragraph and indenting it accordingly. Putting in negative space equal to the paragraph indentation fixes the problem:

set minipage left with negative horizontal space equal to paragraph indent

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside,openright]{report}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{caption}
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\definecolor{mygray}{rgb}{0.9,0.9,0.9} % cyan
\tikzstyle{mybox} = [draw=black, fill=mygray!20, very thick,
    rectangle, rounded corners, inner sep=10pt, inner ysep=5pt]
\tikzstyle{fancytitle} =[draw=black,   thick, fill=white, text=black]

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}


\captionsetup{font=scriptsize,labelfont=scriptsize}


\begin{document}
\section{Some Title}
Some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text. some text.

\begin{adjustbox}{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [mybox] (box){%
\begin{minipage}{1.1\textwidth}
\begin{align}
 \label{eqn:LCP}
 \sum_{k \in A_b} \rho^b_k U_a(j,k) + r^a_j = v_a &\;&\;&  \forall j \in A_a, \forall a,b \in \Psi, b \neq a \\
 \sum_{j \in A_a} \rho^a_j = 1 &\;&\;& \forall a \in \Psi \\
 \rho^a_j \geq 0    &\;&\;& \forall j \in A_a, \forall a \in \Psi \\
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};
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\end{tikzpicture}
\end{adjustbox}

Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text. Other text.
\end{document}

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