(See, eventually, the [[manual:details.pdf| details]] manual for further explanations.)
== What if textbackground doesn't work? ==
The textbackground commands require [[write18]] to be enabled; see that page for more information.
== Example: multi-page backgrounded text ==
Perhaps one might like to offset examples from the running text, or signal to the reader that the following paragraphs contain secondary, detailed information that is of interest only to the specialists. This can be achieved using textbackgroundstextbackground.
In contrast, [[Framed]] creates text blocks that do not span columns or pages.