Questions tagged [backgrounds]
{backgrounds} is used for questions concerning different ways and circumstances where color or images constitute a backdrop to other elements on a page.
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How to use image as page background
I have an png image, I would like to integrate it into a latex leaflet.
I would like to put this image at the corner of the page as a background. But I can't get it to go outside of the margins.
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How can get background color in page header? [duplicate]
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[bottom=0.8in,top=0.8in, left=0.8in,right=0.8in]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyhead[R]{Resume}
\fancyhead[L]{...
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Set background color for scrbook \maketitle page
I am using the scrbook document class, and I just want to set the background color for the standard title page created through \maketitle.
I already tried using the pagecolor package [1], but it shows ...
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How to erase the backgroundcolor just for one image/word?
The background color behind the image should be white over the whole height of the box. Just the text has to be with the green background color. Is it possible to do it inside the box or only with ...
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Background package - Troubles with `\NoBgThispage` command
I am not able to make this command be deterministic. The weird behaviour I get with PDFLaTeX is explained in the comments of the following MWE. I checked for conflicts with package afterpage, also ...
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Different Backgrounds for title page and rest of the document (Koma Book)
I use something like
\usepackage[pages=some]{background}
\backgroundsetup{%
firstpage=true,
contents={First Page},
placement=center
}
which sets the contents on the title page.
I now would ...
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How can I put an overlay tikz picture below and ordinary text?
The following code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
\begin{document}
This is some text: \tikzmarknode{Foo}{foo}.
And this is some text in between that the filling ...
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overlay background pdf page to background color
What I want to do:
Fill background color as yellow!30.
Fill background.pdf over the page with a 2mm border as yellow!30 and others as background.pdf.
Current code the fill color covered the whole ...
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Transparent image background in beamer
I want to add a background image in my beamer presentation. The thing is that when I use
\usebackgroundtemplate{
\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]{cern-logo.jpg}
}
in my ...
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Line from lower left to upper right corner of page with metapost
I have this example where I want to draw a line in the background from corner to opposite corner of the page using metapost, The problem is that the line does not reach both ends, and I cannot figure ...
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Beamer: Customise Title and Footer Background color
I would like to get
I have forgotten to change the colour. Can anyone tell me how can I get desired result? Here I am using the code(partial):
\documentclass[xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer}
\mode<...
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Instances of Background Boxes keep increasing with each Chapter/function call
I'm using the following MWE to create a PDF and when I edit the created PDF it reveals that with each chapter or \chapframe call the number of instances of boxes keep increasing. This can also be made ...
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Listing background color is overflowing margins on broken lines
I'm using the code on Listing, zebra effect and broken lines as a base. However, when lines are indented by either spaces or tabs the margins of the listing are not respected and the background color ...
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set transparent color for a pgfpicture
I have a simple document which inputs picture.tex file that includs data of a pgfpicture:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\pagecolor{black} % set the page colour to ...
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Grid environment for exercise solution
Following the example in the tcolorbox manual, p. 148, I produced the following MWE:
\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
% ...
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Beamer template Talking head
I have some beamer slides for a lecture in 16:9 format and I want to record videos for this lecture. In the video, I'd like to add myself as taking the head into the slides in the bottom right corner. ...
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Page Background for Certain Pages Only
Consider the code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{background}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\backgroundsetup{
color=black,
scale=1,
opacity=1,
angle=0,
contents={\tikz\draw[line ...
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LaTeX Background package doesn't function as I command
When I'm using background package to do some decorating, however found out the outcome wasn't as I expected.
Here's what I use:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=1in,right=1in,top=1in,bottom=...
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I have a 10 page pdf. How can can I use this as a background for a new document?
I have a 10 page pdf. I want to use latex to add some text and equations to each page of this pdf. How can this be achieved?
Here's how I do it right now:
Split the 10 page file into ten single page ...
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Simplest way to add table headers background color in Latex
I am using this below code to generate a table,
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|p{3cm} | p{3cm} |}
\hline
Title1 & Title2 \\ \hline
Item1 & Item2 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
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"pages=some" option ignored by backgroud package when passed using the \backgroundsetup command
I am trying to use the background package to include watermark-style in the background of my document. However, I only want the background in certain, but not all pages. Supposedly, the package has an ...
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replicating a document
I was trying to replicate this document in Latex. Does any one have an idea what fonts they are using and how they got the background color on the side?
this is the code I have so far
\documentclass[...
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positioning transparent images as background in the title slide
How can I put five transparent images in different positions of the background in the title slide of a beamer presentation?
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What is the difference between "none" and "white" on package pagecolor?
The title pretty much says it all. pagecolor seems to treat the options white and none differently, in particular because none doesn't work with package crop. What would be the reasons to use none ...
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Make repeating watermark with tiling
I am trying to make two different types of watermarks:
One which takes multiple words and puts them at an angle to fill the page, and
A tile-able one which can take word(s) and/or images.
Both of ...
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Problems with \usebackgroundtemplate
When I use a figure in \usebackgroundtemplate I nothe that the figure in the background does not adjust in my presentation. See the figure below:
The shadows become white and the figure as background ...
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Double background image on new chapter
I'm using this OverLeaf thesis template and I am trying to put background images on the page that state a new chapter (placed on the right page) but also on the blank left page before it.
I have two ...
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Novel Document Class Background Color
Is it me or does the background color when using the novel document class look a little dark? Anyone know how to make the background white white? MWE below.
% !TeX TS-program = LuaLaTeX
% !TeX ...
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How to position a figure with a colored page background on the opposite page of a section head?
After having tried pretty much every idea that I could think of in the last two days, I would like to ask for help here. In a nutshell, I would like to achieve the following in ConTeXt:
Position an ...
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Changing style of alert environment in beamer
I would like to specify a background color in the alert environment. I can, for example, use
\setbeamercolor{alerted text}{fg=blue}
to change the colour of the alterted text to blue, but this
\...
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Adding a figure in Tikz plot is recognized as a legend marker
To my previous question which can be found in the link here: Plots lines disappear in Tikz when inserting an image
The plot that appear after compiling with the command \addplot graphics [xmin=-3,xmax=...
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How to put a gray box around text that splits at page break
Is there a way to create a gray box around text that will split upon a page break? For example, using tcolorbox I can get the following:
However, it will shift onto the next page if it does not fit ...
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How to draw a shape under text?
I use the memoir class to produce a children's poetry book. To make it more engaging for the readers, I rely on the background package to include pictures that cover the entire page.
Sometimes text ...
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Background working differently in the first run
Coming back to a document after some months caused the background configured through the background package to disappear. I checked it was recovered after deleting the aux file, but only for the first ...
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How do I access the name of the current chapter for a background image?
I add a background image to every page and want to add a different one based on the name of the current chapter. It would also be good to know how whether the preface and title pages before the ...
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How do I place a background image on all odd pages of a given chapter?
I have a book using the "book" document type. In every chapter of my book, I want a different background image. Additionally, I want different background images on odd and even pages. What's ...
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Can I randomise a page background across all my pages?
I have a folder with X images, I would like to randomise this as background for all pages.
Is there a good package for this?
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How can I not add a background for empty pages
I am using the background package to add a background to each page. I want a different background for odd and even pages, which is why I use \AddEverypageHook. However, AddEverypagehook works on all ...
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How to add a background to the final page of the document?
I want to add a background to the final page of the document. I have two images, one that I have added on the first page of the document works perfectly, but I am not sure how to add the second one.
\...
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possible bug? \makeatletter causing background to be missing from certain pages
\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, UTF8, scheme = plain, twoside]{ctexart}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{amsmath,enumerate}
\usepackage[margin = 2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
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remember picture, overlay and backgrounds = overprint
I naively thought that this would be a simple fix for highlighting text -- yes, there are ulem.sty and soul.sty but they impose some restrictions with which I would prefer not to deal.
I assumed it ...
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How to adjust automatic number of columns with tikzpicture
I'm making a list of problems and at the end of the statement of each question I'm making vertical and horizontal lines using tikzpicture. I'm setting the number of rows and columns manually. The ...
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Sphinx Verbatim (Code block) with background color
I would like to remove the frames and set a light grey shade background to my code blocks.
I know I could use colorbox such as \begin{tcolorbox}, but I have no idea where to place it.
Sphinx uses ...
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Small number of programming instructions [duplicate]
I am writing an article and I need to insert a small number of code instructions for a topic related to computer science.
I know the existence of many packages, such as Listing, Algorithmic and so on, ...
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(Table of Contents) Multiple different background images on every page of the book's TOC
OBJECTIVE:
to have an ability to place different background images on every page of the book TOC.
WHAT HAS BEEN TRIED ALREADY:
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\AddToShipoutPicture*{%
\AtPageLowerLeft{%
\put(.5\textwidth,.5\...
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New environnement for colored background align
I would like to have a specific environment for colored background equation.
However, Latex returns an error at the end of my new environment and I don't understand why.
\documentclass{article}
% ...
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Background Image in Latex not transparent
I am adding a background image to my document. I have used my code before, and everything worked fine. However, I recently reopened and recompiled the code, and now the image is not transparent on the ...
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Beamer: How to set background color only on title page in theme
I'm developing a Beamer theme and I want to make the background color of the title page one color and all the other slides to have a different color.
I've found that I can change the background color ...
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How to actually refer to Roman numeral page in code to AddToHook background image to page ii NOT page 2
I need to add a background image to a specific page. Here's the MWE:
% !TEX TS-program = LuaLaTeX
\documentclass[11pt,twoside,openany]{book}
\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage[english, russian]{babel}
\...
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Adjust transparency of background picture in latex
I am using the following code to insert a picture as background for my file. Here is my code:
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]
\node[opacity=0.2,inner sep=0pt] at (current page....
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