# Pdf-writer background

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer-background/170188>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 13, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer-background/170188 "2009-06-13T12:35:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![blueomega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@blueomega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blueomega)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer-background/170188/1 "2009-06-13T12:35:04Z")

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So i am exporting data to pdf with pdf-writer, no problems here.

I am using the default white page as background, but i have a document  
template(in many formats), and i would like to use it as default  
background.

Is there a way?

Regards  
Celso Costa

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**Author:** ![blueomega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@blueomega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/blueomega)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pdf-writer-background/170188/2 "2009-06-14T02:40:36Z")

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You can acomplish that with “loose content objects”, see “Repeating  
Elements” in the PDF::Writer manual.

Regards.

Franco C…