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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change background in paracol package
In manual for paracol package there is example how they change background color. But there is no particular code. Is it possible to change background color for paragraph or theorem environment? And ...
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How can I give each part page its own background image?
I would like to have a different background image for each part (not each chapter). I managed to do it but it's the same image that comes up every time, how can I customize that?
Below is my code and ...
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Coloring background
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[a5paper,margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{libertine}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\newtheoremstyle{problemstyle}
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Is it possible to use the LaTeX packages "subfiles" and "background"?
I ran into a problem using the packages "subfiles" and "background" in my LaTeX project.
I have a main file that looks like this:
\documentclass[10pt, a4paper, parskip]{scrartcl}
\...
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Prevent Beamer Background On One Slide
I wanted to make a background on each of my slides on a Beamer presentation, and this link did exactly what I needed:
Background image in beamer slides
And this works perfectly, except for the first ...
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Background for a single page
I'm trying to add an image as the background for the "Title Page" only
I used the following code
\usepackage{background} % I insert it in the main.tex file
\backgroundsetup{ % ...
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Making an Illustrated Book with Image bleed and Non-Overlapping Text
I am trying to create an illustrated book with Latex. What makes my goal perhaps a bit non-standard, I think, is that I would like the images to have "bleed". Bleed, as you may already have ...
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Beamer: \usebackgroundtemplate + \only: problem duplicated frame and index shifted by 1
I'm trying to put \only<1>{...} images in the background slide of beamer. However, I need to add +1 to all values in \only, i.e. I need to write \only<2>{...} to display the image on the ...
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background colour in standalone
Consider this example:
\documentclass[border=5pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node(a) at (0.0, 0.0)[anchor=south west]{\includegraphics[...
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Background watermark color [closed]
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{background}
\backgroundsetup{contents= text, opacity=0.1,color=grey} % error for grey
\usepackage{everypage}
\begin{document}
text
\end{document}
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Backgroundimage after first compiling at wrong position
I am using TexLive and I have a problem with setting up a background image. My code looks like following:
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\...
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background package with tikz externalize
I'm trying to use a background image for the title page of a book using the background package. The book has many TikZ images and so I would like to use the TikZ external package.
It doesn't work: ...
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Style background images and text for book front and back cover on landscape A3
I would like to style and cut an A3 page to be both the front and the back cover of a book.
In particular, there should be a background image trimmed in the bottom center and some text on the right ...
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How to set the background color to transparent in Asymptote (in a LaTeX file)?
I'm trying to draw an Asymptote image in a LaTeX file. I want the background of the image to be transparent (to see the page color). How do I do? I use pdflatex.
In the MWE I draw a sphere and the ...
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Migration background package > \AddToHook macro
My aim is to use the recent macro \AddToHook{shipout/background} instead of the depreciated package background. How can I change the following MWE for this purpose ?
MWE
\documentclass[11pt]{book}
\...
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How to change the colour theme in latex beamer (for entire presentation)? [closed]
I need a blue and white-based background for every frame.
\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{...
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Problem in putting a background image in beamer
I am having problems with putting a background image in the title-page of Beamer.
\documentclass{beamer}
%\setbeamercolor{titlelike}{parent=structure,bg=cyan} %background color
%\setbeamercolor{...
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Background pattern for equations (to defeat PhotoMath)
I'm a math teacher and I'm dealing with the problem of doing math tests with my students at home. I recently found out that there are certain background patterns that can prevent apps like PhotoMath ...
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fill all left margin in Friggeri CV with ConTeXt
How to fill all the left margin under headspace in Friggeri example with let's say lightgray.
The link :
Implement Friggeri in ConTeXt
I add this to \setupmarginblock :
before={ \startframed[...
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Change background color of head navigation elements (and shaded)
I want to change the background (as a rectangle around, similar to the footer) in the two head navigation bars, for section and subsection. So that the currently active elements have one color, e.g. ...
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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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Centering a picture in the background of beamer [duplicate]
How to make the figure logo centered in the background, its a circle
\documentclass[aspectratio=169,xcolor=table]{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newsavebox\mybox
\savebox\mybox{% \setstretch{1.0}...
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Background with logo and text infant of the logo [closed]
I'm trying to design a background for my presentation, the background should have the logo and some text similar to the picture.
I used this code, but the text is too wide to fit under the logo
\...
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Show background photo only on non-empty page
I'm using book class, in which I redefined the \cleardoublepage to show "This page is intetionally left blank" when the page is empty.
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\cleardoublepage}{\relax
\...
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ConTeXt: Line numbering with background
I'm not sure how to combine line numbering with a background in a typing environment.
Here's what I'm trying to achieve:
Here's a minimal example of what I'm trying:
\starttext
\startbackground[frame=...
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Markdown to pdf with pandoc : how to get color for code framed by a single back-tick
To print .md to .pdf I use pandoc. (due to many contributor in this forum. Thx to them)
problem = I would like to have (in the pdf) the same background color for the code no matter if I use triple ...
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How to position multiple images or tikzpictures in beamer background
I’d like to rebuild a PowerPoint template with beamer. For this, I need to position several graphic elements in the background of a frame. I have tried so many ways and codes but have several problems....
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Positioning & scaling images to account for bleed
Against my better judgement, I've spent far more time than I have available to accommodate printing guidelines for a self-published booklet. The booklet is a half-letter size page. In some cases, an ...
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Fading / gradient background color page in Context with tikz
I could put the following Tikz code on a single page:
\tikz[remember picture,overlay]
\shade[top color=green!30, bottom color=blue!30]
(current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);
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Clipping in Scopes Works Different on Backgrounds
Currently, I would like to include background images in circles. For the sake of simplicity, I use colors in the MWE. When I use clipping in scopes on backgrounds they work in a different way than I ...
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Overful hbox when using \colorbox in math mode
I got pretty long math formulas in my LaTeX document.
Now I want to color the background of those formulas. However, if I use \colorbox{}{} the linebreak doesn't work anymore.
Note: the gray bar at ...
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Highlight environment by setting a violet background color that works on xelatex
Please, what I need is an example environment that has a violet [rgb(238, 130, 238) for example] background, the font color black and this has to work on xelatex (I need this compiler because I'm ...
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ClearShipoutPicture for next page?
I've managed to use eso-pic + calc packages in order to draw a vertical line on the right margin between a "begin" and an "end" statement.
I made this for manuscript review in ...
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Fira code breaks listings background
I'm trying to use Fira Code on listings with a background. However, the background lines break above (, ), { and }. At first I thought this was a problem with custom fonts in general, but after ...
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How to change locally background for beamer section?
I use metropolis beamer theme for my presentation.
With it I change the background to add a watermark.
But I would like to switch to another background on section slides.
So I tried different things (...
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Text frame background in ConTeXT
Is is possible to add an image/pattern background in a text frame in ConTeXT?
What I had in mind was using:
\startframedtext[background=mybackground]
So that mybackground would be either defined by an ...
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Set up background for all pages / specific pages in Context
I'm trying to put a background image on all pages across a Context document, but adding repeat=yes to \definelayer and state=repeat to \setupbackgrounds doesn't seem to work.
I'd also like to know ...
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Background color for documents generated by the preview package
My question is very simple: is it possible to use \pagecolor from xcolor (or related packages) to change the background color of a document generated by the preview package?
I've tried to add \...
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How to use a PDF as backgound in more than one page per chapter?
I want to insert a pdf as background in my book but not all pages
\chapter{Creativity}
\label{chap:Creativity}
\newcommand\BackgroundPic{
\put(0,0){
\parbox[b][\paperheight]{\paperwidth}{%
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Can I make a beamer slide with two columns where each column has a different background colour? [duplicate]
I know how to set a background colour for the whole slide, but can I make one column have a different background (and font) colour? Ideally not just by setting a static two-colour background, as I ...
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Putting video clipp at background of a slide
i want to put a video clip at background of a slide and add some text lines/bullet points.
Is there any way to do so in Latex?
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Change background color of hyperlinks
Is there a way in ConTeXt to change background color of PDF hyperlinks?
Edit: By hyperlinks, I mean external (via \useURL), internal (\goto) and footnote links. I can't easily change all those to ...
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Have Chapter thumb appear on top of background box
In the code given below, how do I get the chapter thumb to appear on top of the background box.
Current code hides the chapter thumb box:
Here is the code:
CODE
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Background color in Section titles [duplicate]
I'm still a bit newbie in latex and i'm editing a cheatsheet template that I found with some math formulas and extreme compact form. That is why I want to add a color background to the Sections titles ...
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Paracol problem with background package when there is a need for another page
I have an issue with paracol and background, they work fine on their own when there is a need for another page but when they are used together, it doesn't compile. Here is a MWE:
\documentclass[a4]{...
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How can we expand a background to fill the entire page?
INTRODUCTION
I am trying to fill the background of a LaTeX document with an imported background image.
The background image is in .png format.
Thus far, my code rotates the image, which I do not want.
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background package causes tikz error when verbatim page breaks
The background package causes a tikz error with verbatim
I have a few lines of of text within begin/end verbatim, and normally this would just break over a page where needed, however, when I use the ...
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How can I create a reverse theme, like drawing on a black paper? [duplicate]
In Manim (The 3b1b programming language to do animations) we can get some beautiful animations where the background is black, can we do it in LaTeX using Tikz?
Here's an example: I want to draw this ...
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Set text background color *without* mdframed or tcolorbox
It's a known issue of tufte-* that \sidenote and \marginnote won't build if used inside mdframed environments or tcolorboxes. I'm not finding a workaround for that, and most posts on the topic suggest ...
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LaTeX Error: Option clash for package xcolor. Package xcolor Error: Undefined color `Lavender'. Why it is happening
I want to add a colour gradiant inner to outer from Lavender to white
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{anyfontsize}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage[paperheight=11in,paperwidth=...
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