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Unable to remove a margin around letterhead template. Template graphics are not to the edge of the paper.

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2010-07-30T05:17:02+00:00

I designed a letterhead template using .dot file,  footer and header.  The Footer and Header contains text and graphics.  I set all margins to -0- in the footer and header page set-up, and in the file page set-up.  When I view the page in word it shows the graphics are to the edge of the paper, when I print or print-preview it shows about a 1/4 inch border all the way around the page.  The template works fine otherwise.  I am running windows vista 64 bit, and have word 2007.  Help!

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2010-07-30T12:49:52+00:00

    As Cindy has pointed out, your printer is responsible for the nonprinting border. But let me point out another misconception: you should not set your margins to 0". This will make the letterhead unusable for text in the document body. Instead, set the margins as desired for the letter itself, with sensible side, top, bottom, and header/footer margins. Then enable "Different first page" and insert your letterhead graphics in the First Page Header/Footer. Set the wrapping to Square or Behind Text and the position to Left and Top/Bottom relative to Page. This will allow the graphics to extend to the edge of the page (though they still won't be printed completely), and they will not move if the margins are changed.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-07-30T07:12:34+00:00

    Hi Bridgette

    The "white border" is due to your printer. Most printers can't print to the very edge of the paper - they need those edges to transport (move) the paper through the machine.

    Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-07-30T17:02:45+00:00

    Good points.

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  4. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2010-07-30T14:09:44+00:00

    The drawback of negative indents is that they are based on the document margins. If those change, then the graphic will move. You'd also have to set the header and footer margins to 0", which would affect all pages in the document. I find that graphic design-oriented template makers tend to create an entire header/footer as a single JPEG (instead of building it up from logos, text, lines or borders, and other design elements as we would tend to do), and they make it the full page width, so the technique I described is what is required to deal with such an "art" element.

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  5. Anonymous
    2010-07-30T13:36:06+00:00

    Another variation on Suzanne’s advice is that for the Header or Footer, you can create your own front page header or footer paragraph style and assign negative indents. This will let you enter text or graphics or insert a table and reach out to the margins.

    Of course, they still won’t print to the edges. For that you’ll need a printer that can ‘bleed’ and they cost a a lot of money. Even many commercial printers use oversize stock paper and then trim the printed output down to size.

    Terry Farrell

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