Switching to eso-pic for backgrounds provides the following advantages:
- It ensures that background images (such as the paper background) get placed behind other content.
- It also opens up the ability for users to more easily add their own background images and one-off backgrounds (like for
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- It provides a means for more interesting image options that can exceed the limits of the column or text area and spill behind or over other content.
Switching to eso-pic for backgrounds provides the following advantages:
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