Creating a Full-Page Border Using PostScript

For the last several versions of Word, you've been able to easily add full-page borders to your documents. For those with PostScript printers, you may want to consider a different way to add a full-page border—through the use of PostScript commands.

You can easily add a full-page border by using a Print field code in your header or footer. Every page that uses the header or footer will show the border. The following command, when placed in a field in your header or footer, will print the border:

Print \p page " /Lsize 1 def /Left .5 def /Right .5 def
/Top .5 def /Bottom .5 def /BeginX Left 72 mul def
/BeginY 11 Top sub 72 mul def /WidthBox 8.5 Right sub
Left sub 72 mul def /HeightBox 11 Top sub Bottom sub
72 mul def Lsize setlinewidth BeginX BeginY moveto WidthBox
0 rlineto 0 HeightBox neg rlineto WidthBox neg 0 rlineto
closepath stroke "

There are a few variables in this code which you should adjust. These are the values assigned to Lsize, Left, Right, Top, and Bottom. Lsize represents the thickness, in points, of the actual line used to draw the border. In this example, the thickness is set to 1 point. The values right after the variable names Left, Right, Top, and Bottom represent the number of inches to leave from the paper edges to the border.