Page Layout ⇒ "Draft" in header or footer

[tigerotor77w]

I'll try to word the question as concisely as I can, but it may get a little hairy as, admittedly, I'm new to the world of LaTeX. (That being said, this site has already been of tremendous value in answering many of the other questions I've had along the way!)

I'm currently writing my thesis. As I write each section (in independent sections that I later compile using \include), however, it'd be nice if I could somehow place a header or footer on every page that includes something like "Draft of [date]." I know how to get the current date, but I'm not sure how to format *just* that header or footer so that the original pagination doesn't change. (That is, the Table of Contents page, for instance, is numbered in Roman numerals with the actual content of the thesis in Arabic numerals.)

Is there a command that'll allow me to insert a header or footer across the entire document without placing a separate "\rhead" or similar line in each separate section?

[frabjous]

I would use a watermark for this.

Check out packages like draftcopy, draftmark, watermark, draftwatermark and xwatermark.

[gmedina]

Another option would be the background package.

[tigerotor77w]

Thanks for the suggestions -- I'll take a look!