% file `eso-ex5.tex'; background grid example % Rolf Niepraschk, 2015-07-14, Rolf.Niepraschk@gmx.de \listfiles\setcounter{errorcontextlines}{100} \documentclass[a4paper,twoside]{article} % a4paper = 210mm x 297mm = 596bp x 842bp = 8.27in x 11.69in % letterpaper = 215.9mm x 279.4mm = 612bp x 792bp = 8.5in x 11in %\usepackage[a3,center]{crop} \usepackage[dvips]{geometry} % `dvips', `pdfTeX' and `VTeX' should know the papersize. \usepackage[colorgrid,gridBG=true,gridunit=mm,texcoord]{eso-pic} %\usepackage[colorgrid,gridunit=in,subgridcolor=blue,texcoord]{eso-pic} %\usepackage[grid,gridunit=bp,subgridstyle=dotted]{eso-pic} \newcommand*\cmd[1]{\texttt{\symbol{`\\}#1}} \AddToShipoutPicture{% \thicklines\normalfont\ttfamily\Large% \color{blue}\setlength\unitlength{1mm}% \AtTextCenter{\circle*{6}% \put(-2,0){\makebox(0,0)[lb]{\cmd{AtTextCenter}}}}% \AtTextUpperLeft{\circle*{6}% \put(-2,5){\makebox(0,0)[lt]{\cmd{AtTextUpperLeft}}}}% \AtTextLowerLeft{\circle*{6}% \put(-2,-5){\makebox(0,0)[lb]{\cmd{AtTextLowerLeft}}}}% \color{red}% \AtPageCenter{\circle*{6}% \put(-2,0){\makebox(0,0)[lt]{\cmd{AtPageCenter}}}}% \AtPageUpperLeft{\circle*{6}% \put(-2,-5){\makebox(0,0)[lb]{\cmd{AtPageUpperLeft}}}}% \AtPageLowerLeft{\circle*{6}% \put(-2,5){\makebox(0,0)[lt]{\cmd{AtPageLowerLeft}}}}% } \setlength\parindent{0pt} \begin{document} \Huge \bfseries \hrulefill First Page\hrulefill \vfill X \hfill X \newpage \hrulefill Second Page\hrulefill \vfill X \hfill X \end{document}