% file `eso-ex1.tex'; a framed background example % Rolf Niepraschk, 2015-07-14, Rolf.Niepraschk@gmx.de \documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage{eso-pic,calc} \listfiles \makeatletter \AddToShipoutPicture{% \begingroup \setlength{\@tempdima}{15mm}% \setlength{\@tempdimb}{\paperwidth-2\@tempdima}% \setlength{\@tempdimc}{\paperheight-2\@tempdima}% \thicklines% \put(\LenToUnit{\@tempdima},\LenToUnit{\@tempdima}){% \framebox(\LenToUnit{\@tempdimb},\LenToUnit{\@tempdimc}){}}% \endgroup } \makeatother \begin{document} \section*{First page} This page and all the following have a frame with 15~mm distance from the paper edges.\newpage \section*{Second page} \AddToShipoutPicture*{\put(100,100){\circle{40}}} Only this page has a circle on the lower left side. \newpage \section*{Last page} \end{document}