Document Classes ⇒ Page background customization

[meho_r]

I really would like to know is there a way to make some customizations of background of a document in LaTeX. In DTP tools there are "master" pages which can be applied to specific pages in a document. Is there something similar in LaTeX? To be more specific, I need advice regarding the following:

I'm making a fancy book (for kids) which have to contain some fancy border with some ornaments, graphics etc. around (and/or below) the text on every page. Is there a way to put, let say, a pdf document containing borders/graphics which will be in the background of every page (some sort of pattern that will ve reoccuring through the document)?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi meho_r,

I did something similar using the eso-pic package like this:

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\usepackage{eso-pic}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\AddToShipoutPicture*{%
\put(0,0){\includegraphics{backgroundpage}}%
}

where backgroundpage.pdf was created by LaTeX too using the same papersize.

Stefan

[meho_r]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you This solves so many problems and questions I had. But I have one more: I've learned how to put an image as background of one page and how to make it appear on all pages using eso-pic. But, how can I use picture "A" for first chapter or section, picture "B" for second etc.? Is there some kind of "break" mechanism? All parameters/commands in eso-pic seem to work globally only.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi meho_r,

use \ClearShipoutPicture. Or write just \AddToShipoutPicture*, that's affecting only the current page. See
eso-pic documentation.

Stefan

[meho_r]

Thanks again. I did read the documentation for eso-pic but missed the point Now I've tested it on a new (and clean) document because I got strange results previously. So, I concluded that:

1. \ClearShipoutPicture does clear picture from background from the place where it is declared onward, while previous pages remain the same.

2. If immediately after \ClearShipoutPicture new \AddToShipoutPicture is declared, then the new picture is in effect from the current page onward. Without \ClearShipoutPicture before it the new \AddToShipoutPicture doesn't have any effect.

Finally got it

Thank you for your help, Stefan_K. You're the man