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8.5. Changing the textwidthTypeset example 8.5: A sprung paragraphText at the left is setflushleft and raggedright.But the text at the right is set raggedleft andflushright. It’s as though there was a spring pushingthe lines apart.lines to show the effect of this.\everypar{}8.4.5 Left spring rightTypically the lines of a paragraph are both flushleft and flushright and filled with text, butsometimes filling is not desired.\leftspringright{〈lfrac〉}{〈rfrac〉}{〈ltext〉}{〈rtext〉}The \leftspringright macro sets 〈ltext〉 flushleft and raggedright in a column whosewidth is 〈lfrac〉 of the textwidth and, in parallel, it also sets 〈rtext〉 raggedleft and flushrightin a column that is 〈rfrac〉 of the textwidth; the effect is as though there are springs betweenthe lines of the two texts. The sum of 〈lfrac〉 and 〈rfac〉 must be less than one.Source for example 8.5\leftspringright{0.3}{0.6}%{Text at the left is set flushleft and raggedright.}{But the text at the right is set raggedleft and flushright.It’s as though there was a spring pushing the lines apart.}8.5 CHANGING THE TEXTWIDTHThe quote and quotation environments both locally change the textwidth, or more precisely,they temporarily increase the left and right margins by equal amounts. Generallyspeaking it is not a good idea to change the textwidth but sometimes it may be called for.The commands and environment described below are similar to those in the originallyfound in the chngpage package, but do differ in some respects.\begin{adjustwidth}{〈left〉}{〈right〉} text \end{adjustwidth}\begin{adjustwidth*}{〈left〉}{〈right〉} text \end{adjustwidth*}131