How do I add "borderless photo" to the paper size window?

[crandell5]

I have a document with "cut and pasted" backgrounds with text on top that I
would like printed with NO white border. I (thought I) fixed this by going to
File, Page Setup, Paper, Paper SIze, and selecting "borderless photo" in an 8
x 11.5 size. Now I need to reprint it, and the "borderless photo" option is
GONE!! There are Letter, Legal, Executive, A4, A5, etc choices, but I can't
find another suitable fix. Can anyone help me print this document with NO
white borders?

Also, I tied to add automatic page numbers in a footer, however, these are
buried "behind" the background and I can't bring them forward, as all the
pages already have a pasted backgound and text over that. Any ideas?
Thanks so much for reading!

 

[CyberTaz]

For future reference, it is better for you as well as others if each issue
is posted separately. Otherwise someone with the answer to thing and nothing
to offer re the Subject of the one post will never see the other issue.

AFA Borderless - Was that an option you selected from a list, or did you
create a 'custom' setting? The items in the list are generated by the
printer driver of the selected printer, so even if it was in the list before
it may not be there now if you have a different printer selected. If you
created the spec yourself, it may very well be that the printer simply isn't
capable of that size borderless. It may be able to do 4x6 & 5x7 photos
borderless, but that doesn't mean it can print edge to edge on *any* size
you'd like. You may be able to 'force' it by setting 0" margins all around
and Ignoring any warning that pops up when you do, but even so it may vey
well *not* come out on paper that way because most printers require
somewhere to grab for feeding the paper through. If the printer handles
larger paper size you can use that, then trim to size after printing.

Your page # problem is due to the fact that you have pasted the graphic over
top of it and No you can't "bring them [page numbers] forward".Word's file
structure will not allow that. The fix revolves around whether you are using
the same graphic or a different one on each page. If the former, cut the
picture, go to View>Header and Footer & paste it there - make sure to set
the Text Wrapping to Behind Text - and delete the image from any other
pages. The page #s will then overprint the graphic and the document text
will overprint both. That will also reduce your file size significantly
because the one copy of the image will repeat on each page - so the file
only needs to store the one copy, whereas what you have now is causing the
file to store one copy *per page*.

If you need to use a different image on each page the solution is much more
complex.