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>Is there some way to extend the header/footer "concept" to include text 
>running along the left & right sides of the page ... basically a text border?

well i did this in w4dos a wwhile back, w4w is just out of the box so i'll have
to assume that you can do the same.

create a running head/footer which contains a graphic image (i use PostScript
code, hand written). When the running is printed, so is the graphic.

I used this to create "SECTION N" in black-on-white text down the edge of the
paper. I had two running heads, one for even pages (text on left) and one 
for odd pages (text on the right).

the following is the PostScript to do it,

%!
/lrbfh 8 def

/Courier findfont lrbfh scalefont setfont
/Helvetica findfont lrbfh scalefont setfont

/lrbboxwidth (a) stringwidth pop 4 add def

/lrbbordershow   % [ leftside | string
{   /lrbstr exch def
    /lrbleftside exch def

    lrbstr dup length 1 sub get 48 sub 72 mul 738 exch sub /lrby exch def

    0.2 setgray

    lrbleftside
    {   newpath
        /lrbx 18 lrbboxwidth add def
        lrbx lrby moveto
        lrbboxwidth -1.5 mul 0 rmoveto
        lrbboxwidth 2 mul 0 rlineto
        lrbstr length 1 sub lrbfh mul lrbfh 0.3 mul add neg 0 exch rlineto
        lrbboxwidth -2 mul 0 rlineto closepath
        gsave fill grestore 0 setgray 0 setlinewidth stroke
    }
    {   newpath
        /lrbx 594 lrbboxwidth sub def
        lrbx lrby moveto
        lrbboxwidth 1.5 mul 0 rmoveto
        lrbboxwidth -2 mul 0 rlineto
        lrbstr length 1 sub lrbfh mul lrbfh 0.3 mul add neg 0 exch rlineto
        lrbboxwidth 2 mul 0 rlineto closepath
        gsave fill grestore 0 setgray 0 setlinewidth stroke
    }
    ifelse

    0 setgray % black  (swap these lines to play with
    1 setgray % white   black on white or white on black)

    /lrbcc (0) def
    lrbx lrby moveto
    {   exch pop lrbx lrby moveto 0 lrbfh neg rmoveto
        currentpoint /lrby exch def /lrbx exch def
        lrbcc exch 0 exch put lrbcc stringwidth pop 2 div neg 0 rmoveto
    } lrbstr kshow
} def

/lrbleftborder { true exch lrbbordershow } def
/lrbrightborder { false exch lrbbordershow } def

( SECTION 1) lrbleftborder

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