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Please help me code the left dots for note. They are repeated on all pages.

Thank you in advance!

  • See, for example, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/140514/handwriting-drill-sheets, for techniques to lay lines (or dotted lines) underneath of areas intended for text. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 22 '22 at 01:01

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The best I can get:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[left=7cm,right=1cm,top=1.5cm,bottom=1cm,footskip=0.6cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos}
\usepackage{expl3}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\cs_new_eq:NN \Repeat \prg_replicate:nn
\ExplSyntaxOff
\newcommand{\mydotfill}{\dotfill\par}

\begin{document} \begin{textblock*}{5.5cm}(1cm,1.5cm+2.5pt) \noindent\parbox[c]{5.5cm}{ \tikz[remember picture,overlay]\node at (0,0) [anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] {\parbox[c]{\textwidth}{\color{green!70!blue}\large\Repeat{40}{\mydotfill}}}; \setlength{\parindent}{20pt}\large This is the side dot fill area. Write what ever you want.

\begin{center} \includegraphics[height=0.6\textwidth]{example-image-a} \end{center}

\lipsum[2] } \end{textblock*} \noindent\tikz[remember picture,overlay]\node at (0,0) [anchor=north west,inner sep=0pt] {\parbox[c]{\textwidth}{\color{green!70!blue}\large\Repeat{40}{\mydotfill}}}; \large This is main dot fill area. Write what ever you want.

\begin{center} \includegraphics[width=0.7\textwidth]{example-image-b} \end{center}

\lipsum[1] \end{document}

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Tom
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    Thank you very much for your help. I found that the below code can be modified for this pupose. https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/118792/add-background-colour-to-margin-notes-area?fbclid=IwAR3CL2b0ZVE4EV_q4X6nko1RZok2wFKgRfIWLFp4k2gMCRGP3aQkXlrqTKI – Nam Tran Le Apr 25 '22 at 13:40