CTAN package update: textpos 1.7
Date: August 24, 2006 10:22:56 PM CEST
Norman Gray writes:
> Name of contribution: textpos 1.7
> Author's name: Norman Gray
> Author's email: norman at astro.gla.ac.uk
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/textpos/ (replacing current version)
> Summary description: Place text at arbitrary positions on the LaTeX page
> License type: gpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> This package facilitates placing boxes at absolute positions on the
> LaTeX page. There are several reasons why this might be useful, but
> the main one (or at least my motivating one) is to help produce a
> large-format conference poster. Other applications include placing
> material within, say, figures.
>
> Version 1.7 adds control over the colour of the rules round text blocks, and
> makes it possible to switch these rules on and off within the file
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i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue. see the
catalogue entry
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/textpos.html
for access to the package documentation, and to download.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
textpos – Place boxes at arbitrary positions on the LaTeX page
A package to facilitate placement of boxes at absolute positions on the LaTeX page. There are several reasons why this might be useful, an important one being to help the creation of large-format conference posters.
| Package | textpos |
| Version | 1.10.1 |
| Copyright | 1999–2020 Norman Gray |
| Maintainer | Norman Gray |