Page Layout ⇒ Exact positioning of text

[carandraug]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to use LaTeX to design labels but I'm having some problem positioning the text exactly where I want it (the labels are quite small, for 1,5mL tubes).

I tried to remove all margins and make things such as headsep and topskip as zero. Then I created a picture the size of the page and tried to place parboxes in the exact places I needed the text. I even calculated the height of a character to take in account when positioning the text since the reference point is supposedly the baseline of the top line. I tried

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\put(86,235.5){\parbox[!t][12.5mm][t]{25.1mm}{\begin{flushleft}test text{flushleft}}}

However, it still comes out wrong. I can't see where I'm going wrong. It looks like something that should be easy to do. Is there a better (and correct) way to do it?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi carandraug,

welcome to the board!
You could use the textpos package for that purpose.

Stefan

[carandraug]

It worked just fine. Exactly what I needed and quite simple. Thanks a lot