General ⇒ Overriding margins for one line

[onix]

Hello,

I am trying to typeset handouts/worksheets. At the very top right corner of the page, I need a place for name and date. I need to start above the top margin, and I need the line to be on the right side of the page starting before the right margin and going into that margin. Something like:

name:________________

The problem is that I can't seem to get it to go past the right margin.

I also can't seem to eloquently get it to go above the top margin without altering the margins on the page completely.

Is there a solution to do this? I know other teachers and professors must have needed to do this, too, but I can't seem to find anything in a google search other than "don't do it".

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Onix,

you could use the textpos package to place text at an arbitrary absolute position on the page, have a look at its documentation.

Stefan

[onix]

Thank you! It looks like this just might do it. I'll play with it and post back here.