Placing text exactly on a page

Question

One thing that has been bothering me in the last 2 months since I started using LaTeX is the inability to place text EXACTLY where I want it on a page

Advice in this regard would be welcome

EDIT: Using the code by @Fran for textpos why is there an overlap of the text

Why is the \cleardoublepage not put the second code output on a separate new page

     \documentclass{article}

     \usepackage[absolute]{textpos}
     \usepackage{lipsum}
     \begin{document}
     \setlength{\TPHorizModule}{30mm}
     \setlength{\TPVertModule}{\TPHorizModule}
     \textblockorigin{10mm}{10mm} % start everything near the top-left corner
     \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
     \begin{textblock}{3}(0,0)
     This block is 3 modules wide,  and is placed with its top left corner
     at the ‘origin’ on the page. Note that the length of the block is not
     specified in the arguments -- the box will be as long as necessary to
     accomodate the text inside it. You need to examine the output of the
     text to adjust the positioning of the blocks on the page.
     \end{textblock}

     \begin{textblock}{2}(2,1)
     \textblocklabel{block two}
     Here is another, slightly narrower, block, at position (2,1) on the page.
     \end{textblock}

     \begin{textblock}{3}[0.5,0.5](2,3)
     This block is at position (2,3), but because the optional argument

     [0.5,0.5] has been given, it is the centre of the block which is
     located at that point, rather than the top-left corner.
     \end{textblock}
    \cleardoublepage
    ------------------------------------
    \setlength{\TPHorizModule}{1cm}
    \setlength{\TPVertModule}{\TPHorizModule}
    \textblockorigin{10mm}{10mm} 
    \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

    \begin{textblock}{3}(0,0)\lipsum[1][1-3]\end{textblock}
    \begin{textblock}{3}(3.2,3)\lipsum[1][4-5]\end{textblock}
    \begin{textblock}{3}(5.6,4.7)\lipsum[1][6-9]\end{textblock}
    \begin{textblock}{6}(6.5,8.5)\lipsum[1][9-14]\end{textblock}
    \end{document}

Kindly advise

Welcome to tex.stackexchange! Please be more specific: what kind of text, where on the page... Otherwise, make a minimal working example (MWE) -- take a look here -- telling us what it looks like what you want to change -- i.e., how you want it to look like. — , Nov 16 '19 at 14:02
Use tikz or tikzpagenodes with [remember picture, overlay] and (current page) etc. See https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/273868/size-and-position-of-boxes-in-title-page/273885?s=2|2.0686#273885 You might also look at flowfram — John Kormylo, Nov 16 '19 at 14:46
It is no problem placing text or other element at exact position. Just use the correct commands and/or packages. — Sveinung, Nov 16 '19 at 15:40

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '19 at 15:32

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[absolute]{textpos}
\setlength{\TPHorizModule}{1cm}
\setlength{\TPVertModule}{\TPHorizModule}
\textblockorigin{10mm}{10mm} 
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\begin{document}
\begin{textblock}{3}(0,0)\lipsum[1][1-3]\end{textblock}
\begin{textblock}{3}(3.2,3)\lipsum[1][4-5]\end{textblock}
\begin{textblock}{3}(5.6,4.7)\lipsum[1][6-9]\end{textblock}
\begin{textblock}{6}(6.5,8.5)\lipsum[1][9-14]\end{textblock}
\end{document}

answered Nov 16 '19 at 15:32

Fran

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please see edit above in main question--why the overlap --something I missed? – js bibra Nov 16 '19 at 15:58
@jsbibra Because in\begin{textblock}{z}(x,y) each box is in the (x,y) position, where x and y are (in this case) centimeters, and each box will have a width of {z} cm, and this will be yes or yes, irrespectively of any other textblock environment or whatever. Avoid overlap is your responsibility, tuning x, y and z accordingly. That is, texpos does just what you asked: "place text EXACTLY where I want it", isn't it? – Fran Nov 16 '19 at 18:09
@jsbibra The optional parameter [r,t] move the original x,y position to the right and top direction (if the number is positive), but this only add confusion to your example, the problem of overlapping is that texpos does not take care of this, beside use [absolute] (the package option) or relative positions. This is against its purpose. Run texdoc texpos for more information. – Fran Nov 16 '19 at 18:35
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You may want to look at the flowfram package if you want to do a layout like a magazine or newspaper. – Cicada Nov 17 '19 at 11:24
@Cicada I know, but the question was not about newpapers layouts. – Fran Nov 17 '19 at 20:45

Placing text exactly on a page

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