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I have a preset background picture which is essentially a role playing character sheet without any text on it.

I need to position a lot of information on it and it has to line up exactly with the background image.

This is what i have got so far. I assume i could go for a tikz picture but i am not sure i can stretch that to encompass the whole page.

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

\usepackage{wallpaper}

\begin{document}

\ThisCenterWallPaper{1}{Page1.png}
\mbox{NAME}

\end{document}

How can i set text at exact positions relative to a full page A4 background image.

Johannes
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  • Have you seen http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/24663/how-to-place-a-floating-text-box-at-a-specified-location-in-page-coordinates?rq=1 – Paul Gessler Jan 07 '15 at 18:51
  • I never used it so far, but have a look on the textpos package (it's on TeXLive/CTAN) –  Jan 07 '15 at 19:18
  • May this answer of mine help? – karlkoeller Jan 07 '15 at 20:18
  • If the image requires the complete page, then perhaps this answer is also useful: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/169808/what-are-the-ways-to-position-things-absolutely-on-the-page. Likewise, there is this question: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/108374/how-can-i-construct-a-page-layout-with-framed-boxes – Steven B. Segletes Jan 07 '15 at 21:57
  • Also \tikz[remember picture,overlay] gives you access to anchor points like (current page.north west) which is the absolute top left corner of the page. – John Kormylo Jan 08 '15 at 04:06

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The LateX picture environment puts things in a known place. If you put it in the page header then it puts it in the same known place on every page.

Jim Hefferon
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