Repeating part of document on every page

Question

I want to create a document which has the following structure

Header

---

Name, Date of birth, Address <-------- This will be written by people (before the document is compiled) who do not understand LaTex and will be repeated on every paper.

---

contents ...

---

footer

Is this possible ?

Answer 1

Without a MWE it is difficult to guess what you are trying to do... Hope this is what you want.

With the help of \AddToShipoutPicture from the eso-pic package we create a "second header" in the document where to write the needed information.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{blindtext} % just for the example
\usepackage[headsep=2cm]{geometry}
\AddToShipoutPicture{%
  \AtTextUpperLeft{%
    \makebox(420,45)[lt]{%
      \footnotesize%
      \textbf{Author: }\myauthor%
      \hspace*{.5cm}%
      \textbf{Date of birth: }\mydate%
      \hspace*{.5cm}%
      \textbf{Address: }\myaddress%
}}}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\newcommand{\myauthor}{}
\newcommand{\mydate}{}
\newcommand{\myaddress}{}

\begin{document}

\blinddocument % just for the example

\end{document} 

Now the "person" just has to fill in the fields \myauthor, \myauthor and \myauthor.

For example, if you set (sorry, John...)

\newcommand{\myauthor}{John Wayne}
\newcommand{\mydate}{May 26, 1907}
\newcommand{\myaddress}{Winterset, Iowa}

you will get

Answer 2

There are numerous ways to place content on each page as per the References below. So, this is intended to cover how I suggest that you get the non-LaTeX savvy users to provide the required info and that is via a CSV file. In the MWE the file is named AuthorInfo.csv and is contains the info as:

Mr. Vaibhav, May 4, 1977, 1138 TeX-SE Way, Cupertino, CA, USA

This is about the easiest way I can think of to providing the data, but the commas are important as they provide the sepration. If you prefer alternate form of this file that can easily be accomodated, so the above is just what I came up with.

If you move the preamble in the MWE to a .sty file, then the document:

\documentclass{book}
\usepacakge{MyPreamble}% <--- MyPreamble.sty needs to contain the preamble in the MWE below
\begin{document}
  \chapter{First Chapter}
  \lipsum[1-12]
\end{document}

with the AuthorInfo.csv file as described above produces:

Notes:

• The filecontents package was used to set up a file to read for this test case. It is not needed in you actual use case.
• If you wish to see the page margins for your particular setup uncomment \usepackage{showframe} in the MWE.

References:

• Ways to place text/image on each page are covered in:

  • Place a TikZ picture on every page
  • How do I add an image in the upper, left-hand corner using TikZ and graphicx

Code:

%% Use filecontents to create the AuthorInfo.tex file. IN real use case,
%% this file would be created by the non-LaTeX davy users.  Note that the
%% commas here are important as they are used to parse the data.
\newcommand*{\AuthorInfoFileName}{AuthorInfo.csv}
\begin{filecontents*}{\AuthorInfoFileName}
Mr. Vaibhav, May 4, 1977, 1138 TeX-SE Way, Cupertino, CA, USA
\end{filecontents*}
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[all]{background}
\usetikzlibrary{calc} 
\usepackage{datatool} 
\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\usepackage{lipsum} 
%\usepackage{showframe} 
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{changepage}
\strictpagecheck
\newcommand{\HeaderIndent}{0.0cm}%
\newcommand{\HeaderOffsetY}{0.40cm}%
\newcommand{\HeaderXLocation}{\dimexpr1.0in+\hoffset+\HeaderIndent\relax}%
\newcommand{\HeaderYLocation}{\dimexpr1.0in+\voffset+\topmargin+\headheight+\HeaderOffsetY\relax}%
\newcommand{\MyTikzLogo}{% For a logo drawn with TikZ
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay,draw=black,ultra thick]
\checkoddpage
\ifoddpage
    \coordinate (Title Location) at 
            ($(current page.north west)+(\HeaderXLocation,-\HeaderYLocation)+(\oddsidemargin,0)$);
\else
    \coordinate (Title Location) at 
            ($(current page.north west)+(\dimexpr\HeaderXLocation,-\HeaderYLocation)+(\evensidemargin,0)$);
\fi
\node [draw=none, fill=none, anchor=south west, text=black, font=\bfseries]
        at (Title Location) {\HeaderTitle};
 \end{tikzpicture}%
}
\newcommand{\AuthorName}{unkown}%
\newcommand{\AuthorBirthday}{XX-XX-XX}%
\newcommand{\AuthorAddress}{123 Main St., Anywhere, USA}%
\newcommand{\HeaderTitle}{%
    \scriptsize\normalfont%
    \textbf{Name}: \AuthorName%
    ~\textbf{Birthday:} \AuthorBirthday%
    ~\textbf{Address:} \AuthorAddress%
}
\newcommand{\GetValueOfColumnAtRowOfMyDb}[3]{%
    % #1 = csname of where to store the result
    % #2 = key for column
    % #3 = row number
    \DTLgetvalue{#1}{myDB}{#3}{\dtlcolumnindex{myDB}{#2}}%
}%
\newcommand{\LoadAuthorInfo}{%
\DTLloaddb[noheader,
    keys={%
        AuthorName,% 
        AuthorBDayMonthDate,AuthorBDayYear,%
        AuthorStreet,AuthorCity,AuthorState,AuthorCountry%
    }%
    ]{myDB}{\AuthorInfoFileName}%
    %\DTLdisplaydb{myDB}% Helps with Debugging
    \GetValueOfColumnAtRowOfMyDb{\AuthorName}{AuthorName}{1}%
    \GetValueOfColumnAtRowOfMyDb{\AuthorBDayMonthDate}{AuthorBDayMonthDate}{1}%
    \GetValueOfColumnAtRowOfMyDb{\AuthorBDayYear}{AuthorBDayYear}{1}%
    \GetValueOfColumnAtRowOfMyDb{\AuthorStreet}{AuthorStreet}{1}%
    \GetValueOfColumnAtRowOfMyDb{\AuthorCity}{AuthorCity}{1}%
    \GetValueOfColumnAtRowOfMyDb{\AuthorState}{AuthorState}{1}%
    \GetValueOfColumnAtRowOfMyDb{\AuthorCountry}{AuthorCountry}{1}%
    % -------
    \renewcommand{\AuthorBirthday}{\AuthorBDayMonthDate, \AuthorBDayYear}%
    \renewcommand{\AuthorAddress}{\AuthorStreet, \AuthorCity, \AuthorState, \AuthorCountry}%
}
\AtBeginDocument{\LoadAuthorInfo}
\SetBgContents{\MyTikzLogo}% Set tikz picture
\SetBgPosition{current page.north west}% Select location
\SetBgOpacity{1.0}% Select opacity
\SetBgAngle{0.0}% Select rotation of logo
\SetBgScale{1.0}% Select scale factor of logo
\pagestyle{fancy}
\begin{document}%\layout% <-- comment out to see page layout
\chapter{First Chapter}
\lipsum[1-12]
\end{document}

Answer 3

I guess the following should more or less do what you desire. Still needs a lot of polishing. I will add a new, little bit more friendly approach soon.

\documentclass[headinclude=true]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{blindtext} % just for the example

\newkomafont{templatefont}{\bfseries\small}
\newkomafont{patientfont}{\small}
\usepackage[automark]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\setlength{\headheight}{30pt}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\makeatletter
\def\@address{}
\def\@name{}
\def\@birthdate{}
\newcommand{\address}[1]{\gdef\@address{#1}}
\newcommand{\name}[1]{\gdef\@name{#1}}
\newcommand{\birthdate}[1]{\gdef\@birthdate{#1}}
\ohead{\leftmark\\{\usekomafont{templatefont}Address:}\space\usekomafont{patientfont}\@address}
\ihead{\\{\usekomafont{templatefont}Name:}\space\usekomafont{patientfont}\@name}
\chead{\\{\usekomafont{templatefont}Birthdate:}\space\usekomafont{patientfont}\@birthdate}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\newpatient}{\clearpage}
\begin{document}

\name{Some Dude}
\birthdate{March 1939}
\address{Some street}
\blinddocument
\newpatient
\name{vaibhav}
\birthdate{22.11.1966}
\address{Street, House 18}
\blinddocument

\end{document}