Borders consistently cut off when try to save from mac word to PDF

I have been trying again and again to save Mac word documents to PDF and I consistently get one side of the border cut off in the PDF preview. Doesn't seem to be consist as to whether it is right side or the bottom, and sometimes there is less room on another margin but doesn't matter.

I have tried changing the border, the size of border, as well as page sizes to custom 0 margins (which seems to be the answer that people are raving about on the internet for this sort of problem) etc but it split my document into different pages (even though enough room on single page) and still cut off on PDF preview.

...help please! VERY frustrating when working on professional documents

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013), iOS 7.0.4, Using word 2011 for mac

Posted on Jan 28, 2014 8:47 PM

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tyfromcapitolheights

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Posted on May 4, 2015 10:11 AM

So I actually found this solution on a post dated nearly a decade ago but it worked for me.

What's causing this unbearable headache? It's your printer settings. Some printers won't allow you to print in the area where your border appears. Simply toggle with the various printers you have loaded until you find one that allows you to see the borders in the preview pane. Easy no?

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Jan 31, 2015 4:01 PM in response to Hktony

Your suggestion worked like a charm! Thank you.

bsukoa

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4 points

May 21, 2015 8:54 AM in response to Joe Large

I have been searching all over the web and this is the one thing that works for me! Thank you so much!! You are a star!

May 21, 2015 9:48 PM in response to Joe Large

Love you! Thnx.

May 29, 2015 11:27 AM in response to Joe Large

THANK YOU!!! I have been frustrated by this for some time.

ankit53

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Jul 31, 2015 11:17 AM in response to Joe Large

You sir are a life saver!

urla

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Apr 20, 2016 9:20 AM in response to Hktony

this is amazing! worked like a charm! thank u so so much!!!!

Nov 24, 2014 8:07 AM in response to Hktony

Saved me! This was making me a little insane. On my version of word, I choose:

>File

>Page Setup

>Paper Size US Letter

>US Letter Borderless

It doesn't print correctly on my printer, but I can save it as a pdf to send to others without concerns of format changes.

Thank you!!

Aug 23, 2017 6:51 PM in response to Joe Large

THANK YOU! This worked perfectly! 😀

At work I have to save everything as a PDF because I have to use the work computers to print, and they always screw up the formatting and it's so frustrating when worksheets and the like get cut off consistently! Plus, I don't like having to make my margins bigger just so that it doesn't cut off material. So I really appreciated this answer!

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