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In the article document class, how to make author names parallel and aligned like we align inequalities and equations? Is there a default command to do so? I have tried \and but that just made author names in a line, not parallel.

If not, will you please tell me how to make it happen?

Werner
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Yes
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  • Is there a documentclass called plain? If I understand well plain-tex doesn't uses classes. – Aradnix Sep 12 '14 at 04:20
  • @Aradnix: Hey thanks for your interest. My gross typo, please see the edit. – Yes Sep 12 '14 at 04:22
  • Does \author{Some Body \\ Another Body} give the result you want? If not, please add a minimal working example (MWE). – Paul Gessler Sep 12 '14 at 04:23
  • @PaulGessler: Thanks. I want to align the author names not only parallel but also aligned like we align inequalities and equations. – Yes Sep 12 '14 at 04:28
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    You really should add an MWE and a picture of your expected output. You want the two author names left-aligned, or right-aligned? And should the whole construct then be centered on the page, or aligned left/right? The question is not very clear as it stands, since author names don't have the same natural alignment points that equations/inequalities have. – Paul Gessler Sep 12 '14 at 04:31
  • The tag is wrong then, the question has nothing to do with plain tex. Review the answer of this question maybe it can be useful for you. And please add a full MWE, you should know it. – Aradnix Sep 12 '14 at 04:33

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This is just a guess of what you might be after:

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\documentclass{article}
\title{My title}
\author{\begin{tabular}{r@{\ }l}
  Extremely Long First Name & Last Name \\
                 First Name & Extremely Long Last Name
\end{tabular}}
\begin{document}

\maketitle

\end{document}
Werner
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  • @Comeseeconquer: The column specification r@{\ }l means there will be two columns - the first is right-aligned (or ragged left), while the second is left-aligned (or ragged right). Between the columns is a space \. You might be interested in an l@{\ }l alignment... perhaps? – Werner Sep 12 '14 at 05:48
  • Thanks so much. Exactly, the latter is what I am after. And I have found it. :) – Yes Sep 12 '14 at 06:42