\startcomponent ma-cb-en-pagebackgrounds \enablemode[**en-us] \project ma-cb \startchapter[title=Backgrounds in page areas] \index{page areas} \index{background+page areas} \Command{\tex{setupbackgrounds}} The page background can be set, with: \shortsetup{setupbackgrounds} The first two bracket pairs are used to define the page areas. The last bracket pair is used for set up. \startbuffer \hbox {\framed[width=1.5cm,frame=off] {} \framed[width=2cm,frame=off] {left} \framed[width=2.5cm,frame=off] {left} \framed[width=3cm,frame=off] {text} \framed[width=2.5cm,frame=off] {right} \framed[width=2cm,frame=off] {right}} \hbox {\framed[width=1.5cm,frame=off] {} \framed[width=2cm,frame=off] {edge} \framed[width=2.5cm,frame=off] {margin} \framed[width=3cm,frame=off] {} \framed[width=2.5cm,frame=off] {margin} \framed[width=2cm,frame=off] {edge}} \hbox {\framed[width=1.5cm,frame=off] {top} \framed[width=2cm] {} \framed[width=2.5cm] {} \framed[width=3cm] {} \framed[width=2.5cm] {} \framed[width=2cm] {}} \hbox {\framed[width=1.5cm,frame=off] {header} \framed[width=2cm] {} \framed[width=2.5cm,background=screen] {} \framed[width=3cm,background=screen] {} \framed[width=2.5cm,background=screen] {} \framed[width=2cm] {}} \hbox {\framed[width=1.5cm,frame=off,height=3cm] {text} \framed[width=2cm,height=3cm] {} \framed[width=2.5cm,height=3cm,background=screen]{} \framed[width=3cm,height=3cm,background=screen] {} \framed[width=2.5cm,height=3cm,background=screen]{} \framed[width=2cm,height=3cm] {}} \hbox {\framed[width=1.5cm,frame=off] {footer} \framed[width=2cm] {} \framed[width=2.5cm,background=screen] {} \framed[width=3cm,background=screen] {} \framed[width=2.5cm,background=screen] {} \framed[width=2cm] {}} \hbox {\framed[width=1.5cm,frame=off] {bottom} \framed[width=2cm] {} \framed[width=2.5cm] {} \framed[width=3cm] {} \framed[width=2.5cm] {} \framed[width=2cm] {}} \stopbuffer \placefigure [here] [fig:pageareas] {The page areas defined in \type{\setupbackgrounds}.} {\tt\getbuffer} If you want to have backgrounds in the gray areas of the page layout of \in{figure}[fig:pageareas] you type: \startbuffer \setupbackgrounds [header,text,footer] [leftmargin,text,rightmargin] [background=screen] \stopbuffer \typebuffer \stopchapter \stopcomponent