+In the box dialog you can adjust the box geometry in the fields
+\family sans
+Width
+\family default
+ and
+\family sans
+Height
+\family default
+.
+ The available units for the geometry are explained in Table
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "tab:Units"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ The field
+\family sans
+Heigth
+\family default
+ offers the following additional sizes:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Depth This is the plain text
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+height
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ It ignores the total depth when there are multiple text lines in the box:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Box Boxed
+position "c"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 1
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 0
+width "12col%"
+special "none"
+height "1in"
+height_special "depth"
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\align center
+Box height set to 1
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+Depth
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Height This is the heigth of the text that is inside the box.
+ A value of e.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+g.
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+2 for this size will set the box heigth to 2 times the text height:
+\begin_inset Box Boxed
+position "c"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 1
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 0
+width "20col%"
+special "none"
+height "2in"
+height_special "height"
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\align center
+Box height set to 2
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+Height
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Total
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Height This is the Height
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
++
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+Depth:
+\begin_inset Box Boxed
+position "c"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 1
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 0
+width "20col%"
+special "none"
+height "1in"
+height_special "totalheight"
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\align center
+Box height set to 1
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+Total
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Height
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Width This sets the width of the box as heigth:
+\begin_inset Box Boxed
+position "c"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 1
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 0
+width "12col%"
+special "none"
+height "1in"
+height_special "width"
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\align center
+Box height set to 1
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+Width
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Alignment
+\begin_inset Index
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Boxes ! Alignment
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+When you have chosen an
+\family sans
+Inner
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Box
+\family default
+, the vertical box alignment can be:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Top This is an example text line.
+
+\begin_inset Box Boxed
+position "t"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 1
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 0
+width "12col%"
+special "none"
+height "1in"
+height_special "totalheight"
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\align center
+This box is top-aligned.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ This is an example text line.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Middle This is an example text line.
+
+\begin_inset Box Boxed
+position "c"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 1
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 0
+width "12col%"
+special "none"
+height "1in"
+height_special "totalheight"
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\align center
+This box is middle-aligned.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ This is an example text line.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Bottom This is an example text line.
+
+\begin_inset Box Boxed
+position "b"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 1
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 0
+width "12col%"
+special "none"
+height "1in"
+height_special "totalheight"
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\align center
+This box is bottom-aligned.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ This is an example text line.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+ The vertical box aligment can be lost in the output when you have two boxes
+ in a line and one has e.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+g.
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+a shadow and the other one not.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The horizontal box alignment can be set via LyX's paragraph dialog when
+ you set the box into its own paragraph.
+\end_layout