In a Word document: Header, footer, sider?

Using XP and Word 2003.

I want to type a Word document.

I know how to and do use headers and footers. The information in my header/footer is protected against anything I might type in my document.

What can I do if the information I want protected is on the side of the page? Is there anyway to create what I might call a sider and not have this information affected by whatever else I later type in the rest of the document?

Possibly useful links:

http://www.columbia.edu/~jl2402/WordTips.html#28

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2151/...debar_content/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&e...idebar&spell=1

jdc2000:

Will look at your sites in a moment, but I have gotten to the point where I have a text box, which will do what I want. The problem, now, is that the text box is bounded on each side by a border. Now, I need to remove the border.

jdc2000:

Thanks. Got it working. I had a border, but opened a text box dialogue box and painted the border white.

Appreciate your help and time.