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I am designing a newsletter. The cover page will have an edge-to-edge banner image at the top of the page. I will have images and text below that, which will be different each issue.

I don't know how to place the banner so that the following content will start below it, rather than placed on top. Here's a MWE:

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{mwe}
\usepackage[absolute]{textpos}

\textblockorigin{0mm}{0mm}

\begin{document}

\begin{textblock}{16}(-0.25,0)
  \includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{example-image-a}  
\end{textblock}

\blindtext

\end{document}

Page with text overlapping banner image

I've also tried the solution using everpage suggested here with similar results. I am aware of TikZ, but I don't understand it - maybe it would help here, but I'm not sure and there is a lot of documentation to work through to figure out if it might be useful.

What should I do to place an image across the entire page, absolutely positioned, and have subsequent content start below the image?

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Tyler
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  • Have you considered using the wallpaper package to put a page-sized PDF into the background? – Christian Lindig Nov 19 '15 at 17:06
  • @ChristianLindig No. I don't know what that means. If the image is in the background, will I still have the same problem with the subsequent text being placed without regard to the location of the image? – Tyler Nov 19 '15 at 17:28
  • Sorry, I misunderstood the problem - wallpaper is indeed not a good idea as the foreground material is not aware of it. – Christian Lindig Nov 19 '15 at 18:18

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A different approach that might meet your needs.

EDIT I have extended the code to cater for your desire to have the banner at the top of the sheet (but beware of any typos).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mwe}
\usepackage{multicol}
\newlength{\mylen}
\setlength{\mylen}{\oddsidemargin}
\addtolength{\mylen}{1in} % = distance from paper edge to textblock

\newlength{\tlen} \setlength{\tlen}{\topmargin}
\addtolength{\tlen}{\headheight} \addtolength{\tlen}{\headsep}
\addtolength{\tlen}{1.15in} % final tweak for sheet top to textblock top

\begin{document}
\vspace*{-\tlen}
\noindent\hspace{-\mylen} \includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{example-image-a}
\begin{multicols}{2}
The contents of your document now in two columns after the banner 
spanning the width of the page.

\blindtext
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

enter image description here

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