Page Layout ⇒ frame around page and header/footer

[perski1234]

Hi,

I am new to the LaTeX Community.
I want to frame the entire page as well as header and footer of my latex document. Unfortunately, I do not know how it works. Please find attached an example.

Thank you very much in advance for your answer, LaTeX Community.

Perski1234

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Perski,

welcome to the board!

Do you have any code to start? Which document class do you use? It would be good to show compilable sample code, readers her could help to add to it.

Framing a page and drawing rectangles on page parts could be done with TikZ, as one possibility. Here's an example with framed page plus extras: Exam sheet. You could take and modify this code.

Stefan

[perski1234]

Hi,

thanks for the reply! I am able to draw several rectangles, but still have some questions.
1) How can I place text notes?
2) Is it possible to have the TikZ-drawing as global presetting and how can I achieve this?

I want to have framed pages (the entire document) and use it as a normal Latex document.

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\documentclass[12pt]{report}

\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tikz}

\evensidemargin 0cm
\oddsidemargin 0cm
\textwidth 16cm
\textheight 24cm
\topmargin -1cm

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
	\draw (-8,12) rectangle (8,-12);
	\draw (-8,12) rectangle (-4,9);
	\draw (-4,12) rectangle (4,9);
	\draw (4,12) rectangle (8,9);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

1. With TikZ you can place nodes with text inside, at absolute positions too, also with \draw.
2. In such cases I
   • defined a page style using fancyhdr, scrpage2 or titleps (choose one which you already know)
   • put the tikzpicture commands into a header command, such as in \chead or fancyhead - it doesn't matter which, since the position is absolute
   • used overlay options:
     \begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture, overlay]

Have a look at the example of the exam sheet linked above, and at Fancy chapter headings with TikZ, there are examples, which at least should give you a point to start.

Stefan