Document layout and layers

— Tutorials —	— How-to Guides —
A tutorial is an experience that takes place under the guidance of a tutor. A tutorial is always learning-oriented. Tutorials Book tutorial: Setting up a ConTeXt document layout similar to books by Edward Tufte, from Mikael Sundqvist (BachoTeX 2023): Source, PDF presentation, and PDF paper format. Presentation tutorial: Creating slides in ConTeXt in 40 commits, from Aditya Mahajan (2020) Creating self-adhesive labels	How-to guides are directions that guide the reader through a problem or towards a result. How-to guides are goal-oriented. How-to setup the paper size and the page size. How-to setup Headers and footers. Floating objects. Makeup. Layers or how to position elements on the page (in an absolute manner) and other advanced techniques like to switch them on and off. Grid typesetting (working with fixed distances) How-to impose/arrange the pages on the printer’s sheet How to prepare slides for a presentation Visual debugging for document layout and layers Hiding content with effects How-to use PDF boxes as defined by the PDF standard.
— Explanation —	— Reference —
Explanation is a discursive treatment of a subject, that permits reflection. Explanation is understanding-oriented. Typesetting in columns from Hans Hagen and Mikael Sundqvist, at BachoTEX 2025 Breaking lines and pages from Hans Hagen and Mikael Sundqvist, at BachoTEX 2024 Page Design chapter of the ConTeXt manual, which includes the more advanced setups (2013). Paper setup article TUGboat, Volume 32 (2011) Typesetting in columns (2025) Breaking lines and pages (2024) Column sets (2024) Spacing in ConTeXt – Line spacing, line correction in grid typesetting (2018) Pages Columns (2017) In the details. Hints: grid typesetting, columns, backgrounds, graphics issues, formula tuning (2015) Typographic Programming - TeX thinking, line-breaking, protrusion,… (2004)	Reference guides are technical descriptions of the machinery and how to operate it. Reference material is information-oriented. Commands categories Layout Layers Grid Typesetting Headers and footers Presentations Layout parameters and dimensions

TODO: columns at document level (See: To-Do List)