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[joshmccraney]

Hi Latex Community!

I am making a resume using a template and so far have been doing very well with changing the CLS file to customize the template to how I want it. However, I am trying to shade the top bit of the page gray, but this is proving difficult. I can be more specific if it helps, but basically is there a way to simply shade the top part of a document before any font is placed and then have the font go over the shaded region?

I tried using tikz but no luck. Maybe I did it wrong?

Thanks so much! Let me know if you need more details or the .tex or .cls files

Josh

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Josh,

welcome to the forum!

I am making a resume using a template

Which template is it? Do you have a link, or could you attach it here?

have been doing very well with changing the CLS file to customize the template

I recommend, never change a .cls file. If you really would do this, you should rename it. Imagine, if it would be part of the TeX installation: an update could destroy your changes. And your document would work differently on another computer with that class, because there it's unmodified. So it's a general rule.

You could do required changes in your document but also in the template file. Templates are usually document skeletons which are intended to be modified.

I tried using tikz but no luck. Maybe I did it wrong?

Possibly - how did you do it? I know TikZ well, so I could say something after seeing code.

Let me know if you need more details or the .tex or .cls files

Yes, we do.

Stefan