Warning, Note and Info Boxes
Custom formatted framed boxes for notes, warnings and additional information can be included in the document based on styles you define in the Stylesheet. These same definitions can be used to insert basic boxes for general use.
You then insert the appropriate box type in the document using a simple command.
Adding table- related packages
These framed boxes use a type of table that is provided in the supertabular and tikz packages. You need to add these packages before adding the packages for framed boxes. You add them as shown below.
\usepackage{supertabular}
% Adds the supertabular type of table
% \usepackage{xcolor}
% Adds the xcolor package
\usepackage{tikz}
% This package modifies the framed boxes
% \usepackage{longtable}
% Adds the longtable type of table which breaks across pages
% \usepackage{tabulary}
% Adds the tabulary type of table
% \usepackage{colortbl}
% Use for table colouring
Defining a custom framed box
Before you define the specific boxes, you need to add some packages and define some colours. Add the following to your stylesheet and change the RGB values to what you need.
Note: You can keep all the colour definitions organized by including them within the Colours section of the stylesheet.
\usepackage{framed, multicol, color}
% Packages for creating a framed multicolumn box
\definecolor{shadecolor}{RGB}{216,228,241}
% First shading colour
\definecolor{shadecolor1}{RGB}{216,228,241}
% Second shading colour
\usepackage[framemethod=tikz]{mdframed}
% Allows for tikz options for the frame
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
% Adds the calculation library
\usetikzlibrary{shadows}
% Adds the shadows library
With these settings, each type of box can now be defined in the stylesheet.
Defining a basic boxes
You can define a general purpose box for use as required.
The following defines the rules, spacing, icon and background colour of a warning box. You can just copy and adjust these settings as needed. This give the name of this rule {basic} which you find at the end of this definition.
% Redefine the environment for a Basic box using the following:
\newmdenv[
roundcorner=10pt,
skipabove=10pt
skipbelow=10pt
leftmargin=10pt,
rightmargin=10pt,
backgroundcolor=codeBackground,
innertopmargin=20pt,
innerbottommargin=20pt,
innerleftmargin=20pt,
innerrightmargin=20pt,
middlelinewidth=0pt,
everyline=true,
linecolor=warnline,
font=\normalfont\normalsize,
shadow=false,
frametitlefont=\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries,
frametitleaboveskip=1em,
singleextra={
% \node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,xshift=10pt,yshift=-30pt]
at (P-|O);
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,yshift=-.8\baselineskip,
font=\bfseries,xshift=10pt] at (P-|O) { };
},
firstextra={
% \node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,xshift=10pt,yshift=-30pt] at (P-|O);
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,yshift=-.8\baselineskip,
font=\bfseries,xshift=10pt] at (P-|O) { };
}
]
% Define the name of the framed box
{basic}
Inserting a basic box in a document
Use the following to insert a basic box into the document flow. I usually just copy and paste it into the document where I need it and then replace the placeholder text with my text.
\begin{basic}
Basic text placeholder
\end{basic}
Defining Warning boxes
A Warning Box is information that a user must be aware of before performing a specific task.
The following defines the rules, spacing, icon and background colour of a warning box. You can just copy and adjust these settings as needed. This give the name of this rule {warnbox} which you find at the end of this definition.
% Redefine the environment for the Warning framed box
\newmdenv[
roundcorner=10pt,
skipabove=10pt
skipbelow=10pt
leftmargin=20pt,
rightmargin=20pt,
backgroundcolor=warning,
innertopmargin=30pt,
innerbottommargin=10pt,
innerleftmargin=70pt,
middlelinewidth=0pt,
everyline=true,
linecolor=warnline,
font=\normalfont\normalsize,
shadow=false,
frametitlefont=\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries,
frametitleaboveskip=1em,
singleextra={
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
xshift=10pt,yshift=-30pt]
at (P-|O){\includegraphics[scale=0.40]{sharedimages/alerticon}};
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
yshift=-.8\baselineskip,font=\bfseries,xshift=10pt]
at (P-|O)
{Warning};
},
firstextra={
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
xshift=10pt,yshift=-30pt] at (P-|O)
{\includegraphics[scale=0.40]{sharedimages/alerticon}};
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
shift=-.8\baselineskip,font=\bfseries,xshift=10pt]
at (P-|O)
{Warning};
}
]
% Define the name of the framed box
{warnbox}
Inserting a Warning box in document
You insert a warning box into the document flow using the following commands.
\begin{warnbox}
Warning text placeholder
\end{warnbox}
Defining Note boxes
Note Boxes are additional information that is important but outside the procedure described in the current text flow.
The following is essentially the same as defined for the Warning Box, with the exception of the background colour and the icon used in the box. This gives the name of the Note box as notice.
% Redefine the environment for Note boxes
\newmdenv[
roundcorner=10pt,
skipabove=10pt
skipbelow=10pt
leftmargin=20pt,
rightmargin=20pt,
backgroundcolor=note,
innertopmargin=30pt,
innerbottommargin=10pt,
innerleftmargin=70pt,
middlelinewidth=0pt,
everyline=true,
linecolor=warnline,
font=\normalfont\normalsize,
shadow=false,
frametitlefont=\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries,
frametitleaboveskip=1em,
singleextra={
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
xshift=10pt,yshift=-30pt] at (P-|O)
{\includegraphics[scale=0.40]{sharedimages/tipsicon}};
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
yshift=-.8\baselineskip,font=\bfseries,xshift=10pt] at (P-|O)
{Note};
},
firstextra={
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
xshift=10pt,yshift=-30pt] at (P-|O)
{\includegraphics[scale=0.40]{sharedimages/tipsicon}};
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
yshift=-.8\baselineskip,font=\bfseries,xshift=10pt] at (P-|O)
{Note};
}
]
% Define the name of the framed box
{notice}
Inserting a Note box in document
Use the following commands to insert a Note Box into the document flow.
\begin{notice}
Note text placeholder
\end{notice}
Definition for Info boxes
An Info Box would normally be used to provide additional information that may be available outside the current document, such as a website or another user manual.
Like the Warning and Note Box definitions above, you can adjust the settings as required. This gives the name of the box infobox.
% Redefine the environment for Info boxes
\newmdenv[
roundcorner=10pt,
skipabove=10pt
skipbelow=10pt
leftmargin=20pt,
rightmargin=20pt,
backgroundcolor=info,
innertopmargin=30pt,
innerbottommargin=10pt,
innerleftmargin=70pt,
middlelinewidth=0pt,
everyline=true,
linecolor=warnline,
font=\normalfont\normalsize,
shadow=false,
frametitlefont=\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries,
frametitleaboveskip=1em,
singleextra={
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
xshift=10pt,yshift=-30pt] at (P-|O)
{\includegraphics[scale=0.40]{sharedimages/noticeicon}};
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
yshift=-.8\baselineskip,font=\bfseries,xshift=10pt] at (P-|O)
{Information};
},
firstextra={
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
xshift=10pt,yshift=-30pt] at (P-|O)
{\includegraphics[scale=0.40]{sharedimages/noticeicon}};
\node[inner sep=0pt,anchor=north west,
yshift=-.8\baselineskip,font=\bfseries,xshift=10pt] at (P-|O)
{Information};
}
]
% Define the name of the framed box
{infobox}
Inserting a Info box in document
Use the following commands to insert an Info box into the document flow.
\begin{infobox}
Info text placeholder
\end{infobox}