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From: Janko Hauser <jhauser@zscout.de>
Subject: Re: irregular typesetting area
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:11:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040114121150.370176d5.jhauser@zscout.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OFEF02E2B0.13009E8B-ONC1256E1B.00396516@vit.de>

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:00:11 +0100
"Ole Schoening" <ole.schoening@vit.de> wrote:

> Dear Contexers,
> 
> I would like to repeat my question (see below) because I neither got
> an answer nor found a solution on my own. I believe that
> \defineoverlay cannot produce a solution for my problem because this
> command puts pictures in a different layer and so the main text is
> not affected (i.e. text is printed on top of underlying pictures).
> 
> Are there any hints available?
> 
There is an indepth explanation in the PDF-document details.pdf
You do not work with an overlay, but use \placefigure, then the text
is flowing around the picture.

HTH,
__Janko


> 
> I'm trying to produce an irregular (more than 4 corners) typesetting
> (main text) area of the following shape:
> 
> ... (header) ....
>                          _____________________________________
> ( logo /                | ... text area ...                  |
>   overlay background)   |                                    |
> ________________________|                                    |
> |                                                            |
> ...                                                        ...
> |                                                            |
> |                                                            |
> |                                    ________________________|
> |                                   |(logo
> |                                   |    /overlay background)
> |         ... text area ...         |
> |___________________________________|
> 
> The reason of this wish is not to overwrite the displayed logos
> or overlay pictures, which are used to form a common layout for a
> brochure.
> Btw., the orientation of the logos / pictures changes from even to
> odd pages.
> The measures of the logos / pictures prohibit a solution just by
> putting
> them in the header or footer.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem?
> Thanks in advance,
> Ole
> 
> 
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-14 11:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-14 11:00 Ole Schoening
2004-01-14 11:11 ` Janko Hauser [this message]
2004-01-14 11:20 ` Willi Egger
2004-01-14 14:26 ` Janko Hauser

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