A minipágina não está na mesma altura da caixa de texto

Question

ao usar minipage, na segunda coluna há uma caixa de texto. Quando uso fboxna segunda coluna o texto da primeira coluna desce para que a altura não permaneça a mesma em ambos os lados. Aqui está o código;

\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Items:}
\begin{itemize}
\item Item1
\item Item2
\item Item3
\item Item3
\end{itemize}
\textcolor{red}{\textbf{Def:}} Cumulative distribution function (cdf ): is the probability that the variable takes a value less than or equal to X.

    \textbf{Items:}
    \begin{itemize}
    \item Item1 
    \item Item1
    \item Item1
    \item Item1
    \end{itemize}
    \textcolor{red}{\textbf{Def:}}  TCumulative distribution function (cdf ): is the probability that the variable takes a value less than or equa l to X.
    \end{minipage}
    %second column
    \begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
    \fbox{%
      \parbox{\textwidth}{%
        \begin{center}
          Useful mnemonics:
          \begin{itemize}
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \end{itemize}
        \end{center}
      }%
    }

    \end{minipage}

e a saída deste código é assim;


Por favor, diga-me como posso organizá-las para que ambas as colunas (ou minipáginas) permaneçam na mesma altura. Obrigado!

Answer 1

\begin{minipage}[T]{0.48\textwidth}
\textbf{Items:}
\begin{itemize}
\item Item1
\item Item2
\item Item3
\item Item3
\end{itemize}
\textcolor{red}{\textbf{Def:}} Cumulative distribution function (cdf ): is the probability that the variable takes a value less than or equal to X.

    \textbf{Items:}
    \begin{itemize}
    \item Item1 
    \item Item1
    \item Item1
    \item Item1
    \end{itemize}
    \textcolor{red}{\textbf{Def:}}  TCumulative distribution function (cdf ): is the probability that the variable takes a value less than or equa l to X.
    \end{minipage}
    %second column
    \begin{minipage}[T]{0.48\textwidth}
    \fbox{%
      \parbox{\textwidth}{%
        \centering
          Useful mnemonics:
          \begin{itemize}
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
          \end{itemize}
      }%
    }
    \end{minipage}

Use a [T]opção de alinhar minipages e não ocupe todo o espaço horizontal deixando 0.02\textwidth, por exemplo, \begin{minipage}[T]{0.48\textwidth}ficará OK.

Answer 2

Isso alinha o \parbox...com os dois minipageambientes e corrige as caixas ruins usando \noindent, eliminando o espaço entre os minipages e reduzindo a largura do \parboxpara permitir espaço para a linha e margem do \fbox:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
\textbf{Items:}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Item1
  \item Item2
  \item Item3
  \item Item3
\end{itemize}
\textcolor{red}{\textbf{Def:}} Cumulative distribution function (cdf ): is the probability that the variable takes a value less than or equal to X.

\textbf{Items:}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Item1
  \item Item1
  \item Item1
  \item Item1
\end{itemize}
\textcolor{red}{\textbf{Def:}}  TCumulative distribution function (cdf ): is the probability that the variable takes a value less than or equa l to X.
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
\fbox{%
  \parbox[t]{.95\textwidth}{%
    \begin{center}
      Useful mnemonics:
      \begin{itemize}
        \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
        \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
        \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
        \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
        \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
        \item "OIL RIG -- \textbf{O}xidation \textbf{I}s \textbf{L}oss of electrons, \textbf{R}eduction \textbf{I}s \textbf{G}ain of electrons
      \end{itemize}
    \end{center}
  }%
}%
\end{minipage}
\end{document}