MS Word printing to pdf without borders

So I've been all over the Internet trying to find a solution to my problem -- couldn't get Word to print to a pdf without a white border around the page. I finally figured it out, and I hope it works for you!

In Word file, go to Page Setup:
Settings - Page Attributes
Format for - Any Printer
Paper Size - click here and then click on Manage Custom Sizes

Click + to add new size - name it PDF borderless
Click in the paper size boxes to make 8.5 x 11 (or whatever you need)
Make sure Non-Printable Area says User Defined, and change margins in boxes to 0
Click OK

Go to Print menu:
Printer - choose any
Presets - Standard
Click on PDF - Save as PDF
Choose file name and save location
Click Save

Voila! I'm so happy!!

iMac11,3, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 11, 2011 7:28 AM

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Jul 22, 2014 7:10 PM in response to Go for Joy

I've had a Mac for years and never had problems printing to PDFs without borders, the whole screen would print, and to my knowledge had never changed any settings to allow me to do so. I've just migrated to a new Mac and the first time I went to print an old doc from Word to a PDF, found that it inserted borders and cropped some of my text. Thankfully you're resolution works a treat, so thanks heaps!

Any ideas why I never had to do anything on my old Mac?

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