How to right-align any line or word in a paragraph in any documentclass?

Question

I have done some search for margin alignment in Latex but cannot find how can I right-align any single line?

For example, in a letter sometimes we put a Sincerely on the right. But without using specific documentclass, how can I align any single line in a paragraph to the right in any documentclass?

Many thanks for the help!

Have you tested with \rightline{text}? – skpblack Aug 11 '14 at 04:06 — skpblack, Aug 11 '14 at 04:06
Have you looked into using \raggedleft? – Mico Aug 11 '14 at 04:35 — Mico, Aug 11 '14 at 04:35

score 88 · Answer 1 · 2014-08-11T09:16:13.153

88

Like this?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\begin{document}
\kant[1]

\hspace*{\fill} Yours sincerely

This is some more text

\null\hfill Yours sincerely

Again some dummy text

\hspace*{0pt}\hfill Yours sincerely

And again Phew

\mbox{}\hfill Yours sincerely
\end{document}

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edited Aug 11 '14 at 09:16

answered Aug 11 '14 at 05:47

The way you write your answer might induce the idea that \par is necessary. I'd simply propose the <blank line> \hspace*{\fill} <text> solution. – egreg Aug 11 '14 at 09:13
@egreg Oh! Sorry. I wanted it to be a new line and I preferred \par over \\\ I changed it. Thanks. – Aug 11 '14 at 09:15
4

Can you clarify which of these options is the most appropriate in various situations? Or are they all identical? – Resigned June 2023 Mar 16 '20 at 01:40

score 41 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '14 at 04:16

For a short line (With lenght less than \linewidth) you can use \rightline{word or phrase}.

If you want to align a paragraph at right put it in a flushright environment. This way allows line breaks with \\.

\begin{flushright}
Text\\
aligned to\\
the right.
\end{flushright}

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered May 19 '22 at 00:01

12

The simpler solution to right align a line is this:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Here comes some text.
Have a nice day.
\rightline{Yours sincerely}
\end{document}

answered May 19 '22 at 00:01

Lucas Flores

121

This is a neat solution (thanks!). I wonder why it has not gotten many upvotes. – psyguy Sep 13 '22 at 14:20

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 11 '14 at 10:59

This will work if the right-aligned content is considered a separate paragraph (i.e., it will have \parskip separation). Note that it will have less vertical separation than a flushright environment.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[4]
{\raggedleft Sincerely,\par}
\lipsum[4]
\end{document}

How to right-align any line or word in a paragraph in any documentclass?

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