
% file `eso-ex1.tex'; a framed background example

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\listfiles

\newdimen\myLenA
\newdimen\myLenB
\newdimen\myLenC

\AddToShipoutPictureBG{%
  \begingroup
    \setlength\myLenA{15mm}%
    \setlength\myLenB{\dimexpr\paperwidth-2\myLenA}%
    \setlength\myLenC{\dimexpr\paperheight-2\myLenA}%
    \thicklines%
    \put(\myLenA,\myLenA){\framebox(\myLenB,\myLenC){}}%
  \endgroup
}

\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}

  \AddToShipoutPictureBG*{\put(100,100){\circle{40}}}

  Only this page has a circle on the lower left side.

  \newpage

  \section*{Last page}

\end{document}
