bleed in Word documents

[Jex]

Hi, is there any way to make color filled boxes or pictures to bleed in
Word, I need to make a PDF of a word document and even though I have no
margins there is still a white border around the document.

 

[Tim Murray]

Hi, is there any way to make color filled boxes or pictures to bleed in
Word, I need to make a PDF of a word document and even though I have no
margins there is still a white border around the document.

There are a couple of issues here. One is that you should not be getting a
white margin. What method do you use to create your PDF?

The other is that Word can't bleed (and someone correct me if I'm wrong!).
Even if you create a larger paper size (in Acrobat, not Word), Word will
continue to chop off the edges at whatever the page size is. You will need
to set up a larger page size in Word, and adjust margins accordingly.

 

[John McGhie]

Nope: You're right. Word can neither bleed nor trap

Your solution is the only one available (i.e. Format for a larger paper size
and reset the margins accordingly).

There are a couple of issues here. One is that you should not be getting a
white margin. What method do you use to create your PDF?

The other is that Word can't bleed (and someone correct me if I'm wrong!).
Even if you create a larger paper size (in Acrobat, not Word), Word will
continue to chop off the edges at whatever the page size is. You will need
to set up a larger page size in Word, and adjust margins accordingly.

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