[OS X TeX] Full page image as cover

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 28, 2007, at 6:15 AM, Morten Høgholm wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:27:31 +0100, Manuel wrote:
>
>> Good morning, all. After installing TexShop 2.14 on OS 10.4.11, and
>> also after getting over some initial confusion and perplexities, I
>> managed to produce my first article with TeX. I love it. For my
>> second, I need to have an image occupy the whole first page, with no
>> margins or text whatsoever, then a blank page, then the page with the
>> title, author, etc.
>
> Here's an example you can run. It does not require knowledge of page  
> or margin dimensions.
>
> \documentclass{book}
> \usepackage{eso-pic,graphicx}
> \title{Hello World!}
> \author{Abigail}
> \begin{document}
> \AddToShipoutPicture*{%
>  \AtPageLowerLeft{%
>    \includegraphics[height=\paperheight,width=\paperwidth]{PC280089}%
>  }%
> }
> \pagestyle{empty}\mbox{}% for this empty page
> \cleardoublepage
> \maketitle
>
> \pagestyle{headings}
>
> Today, I was born.
> \end{document}
>
>
> And yes, she was.
> -- 
> Morten (tired)<PC280089.jpg>

Howdy,

Congratulations! :-) And what's her name?

Oh... nice solution too.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)