diff --git a/format-master.xml b/format-master.xml
index e9a51e5..58d4ee8 100755
--- a/format-master.xml
+++ b/format-master.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@
 			'left' => left alignment
 			'center' => centered alignment
 			'right' => right alignment
+
+		@border: Whether or not to draw a border around the paragraph.
+			'yes' => draw a border.
+			otherwise => apply standard paragraph formatting. [default]
 	-->
 	<template name="paragraph" match="paragraph|para|p|P">
 		<common formats="/latex/xelatex/">
@@ -162,7 +166,13 @@
 				</xsl:when>
 				<xsl:otherwise>
 					<xsl:if test="@indent = 'no'">\noindent </xsl:if>
+					<xsl:if test="@border = 'yes'">
+						<xsl:text>\fbox{</xsl:text>
+					</xsl:if>
 					<xsl:apply-templates />
+					<xsl:if test="@border = 'yes'">
+						<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
+					</xsl:if>
 				</xsl:otherwise>
 			</xsl:choose>
 			<xsl:text>
@@ -177,6 +187,9 @@
 			-->
 			<xsl:param name="HTMLStyle" />
 			<p>
+				<xsl:if test="@border = 'yes'">
+					<xsl:attribute name="style">border: 1px solid black;</xsl:attribute>
+				</xsl:if>
 				<xsl:if test="$HTMLStyle">
 					<xsl:attribute name="class">
 						<xsl:value-of select="$HTMLStyle" />
@@ -729,14 +742,12 @@
 			<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
 		</common>
 		<!--
-			No easy way at present to get the join symbol in HTML, so
-			just use an image. Scale it to 10x10 pixels (fine as long as
-			font size is set relatively normally).
+			No easy way at present to get the join symbol in HTML, so just use an image. Scale it to 10x10 pixels (fine as long as font size is set relatively normally).
 			
-			We need to ensure that the path is absolute, because we don't
-			necessarily know where the document will end up in the tree.
+			We need to ensure that the path is absolute, because we don't necessarily know where the document will end up in the tree.
+		
+			Need spaces for HTML as they seem to get munched otherwise.
 		-->
-		<!-- Need spaces for HTML as they seem to get munched otherwise. -->
 		<html>
 			<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
 			<img>
@@ -810,15 +821,12 @@
 			<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
 		</common>
 		<!--
-			No easy way at present to get a join symbol in HTML, so
-			just use an image. Scale it to 10 pixels high (fine as long as
-			font size is set relatively normally, width depends on operator
-			type).
+			No easy way at present to get the join symbol in HTML, so just use an image. Scale it to 10x10 pixels (fine as long as font size is set relatively normally).
 			
-			We need to ensure that the path is absolute, because we don't
-			necessarily know where the document will end up in the tree.
+			We need to ensure that the path is absolute, because we don't necessarily know where the document will end up in the tree.
+		
+			Need spaces for HTML as they seem to get munched otherwise.
 		-->
-		<!-- Need spaces for HTML as they seem to get munched otherwise. -->
 		<common formats="/html/xhtml/">
 			<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
 			<img>
@@ -1666,8 +1674,7 @@
 	
 	
 	<!--
-		Need to provide some context here as, e.g., <description> is also
-		used within <image>.
+		Need to provide some context here as, e.g., <description> is also used within <image>.
 	-->
 	<template name="definition" match="item/definition|item/description|item/discourse|item/DD|item/dd">
 		<common><xsl:apply-templates /></common>
@@ -2928,8 +2935,7 @@
 			</xsl:if>
 			<xsl:text>{</xsl:text>
 			<!--
-				Work out the full path specification for the file
-				to be included = base-path + location (if specified) + basename.
+				Work out the full path specification for the file to be included = base-path + location (if specified) + basename.
 			-->
 			<xsl:value-of select="$base-path" />
 			<xsl:text>/</xsl:text>	
