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Is anyone else having this issue? According to the documentation and the examples, the following MWE should show a grid, but it doesn't.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[absolute,showboxes]{textpos}
\begin{document}


\TPShowGrid{4}{4}


\end{document}

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Edit: I copy and pasted David's code into a blank file in my Overleaf project and it did not work. This is peculiar.

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JHess
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  • The grid shows on overleaf using your code https://www.overleaf.com/read/mryzcthmftnj – David Carlisle Dec 14 '21 at 18:02
  • Thank you @DavidCarlisle. That link does indeed work. I am confused because I copy and paste the code into my current project and it fails. See edit. – JHess Dec 14 '21 at 18:09
  • Which version of texlive does your project use? – muzimuzhi Z Dec 14 '21 at 18:24
  • check the left sidebar menu that is probably an old project using texlive 2020 or older rather than 2021. Also note that you have 4 errors if asking about an error always show the exact error from the log don't describe the PDF output which is not intended to be usable after any error – David Carlisle Dec 14 '21 at 18:42
  • Thanks @DavidCarlisle! I didn't know about switching the version. That worked! – JHess Dec 14 '21 at 19:00

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You need the texlive 2021 version.

Using Overleaf new projects will use texlive 2021 but if you are editing an old project it will keep using the version of texlive that was originally used. You can switch the texlive version in the left hand sidebar menu.

An example Overleaf project (that I may not keep forever)

https://www.overleaf.com/read/mryzcthmftnj

David Carlisle
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