___/ On Fri 24 Mar 2006 13:57:08 GMT, [ Bruce Muirhead ] wrote : \___
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 11:06 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
___/ On Fri 24 Mar 2006 04:52:58 GMT, [ Bruce Muirhead ] wrote : \___
> I am interested to know if it is possible to create a document (PDF) in
> which there is a background image. That is, the text appears over a
> background image which may -or may not- cover the entrire page.
>
> I am thinking about the type of ebook created by such windows programmes
> such as exebook and ybookmaker.
>
> If this is possible, how would I go about doing it?
>
> Bruce
Hi,
Add the following to the Preamble:
\usepackage{eso-pic,graphicx}
\newcommand\BackgroundPicture[2]{%
\setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}% default
\put(0,\strip@pt\paperheight){%
\parbox[t][\paperheight]{\paperwidth}{%
\vfill
\centering\includegraphics[angle=#2]{#1}
\vfill
}}}
\makeatother
\AddToShipoutPicture{\BackgroundPicture{<PICTURE_PATH>}{0}}
Put your image in <PICTURE_PATH> ("replace it with" rather). Encapsulated
PostScript should do. If you want a practical example (LyX file), please
just let me know. I use this for presentation slides in LyX.
Hope it helps,
Roy
Roy, thank you, that does exactly what I want except that nothing is
simple. For some reason putting the background image in empties the TOC
in the exported PDF. I tried ps2pdf , pdflatex and dvipdfm. The only
one which failed t work at all was pdflatex (it claimed not to recognise
the graphics file). Both ps2pdf and dvipdfm dropped the TOC.
I am using 1.4 on ubuntu. Is this likely to be a glitch in 1.4? Or
something else? (I will try it in 1.3.7 tomorrow!)
thanks again, and any further advice would be appreciated.
Cheers
Bruce
Hi Bruce,
I was doing this in LyX 1.3.4 or 1.3.6. I was using this to produce slides,
so no experience with TOC collisions. I cannot think of a simple workaround
to your problem at the moment, I'm afraid.
Best wishes,
Roy
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