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We have a document template that we're building that looks like this:

document template in MS Word

When we click Print, the Preview window appears, and we see (note the additional whitespace at the top and left of the blue sidebar):

print preview

This Preview is what we see on the physical paper copies as well. Is there a setting that should be changed to prevent this? The left bar and the line below "Document Title" are both in the header, but "Document Title" is not.

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  • Maybe this...wordribbon.tips.net/…
    – Moab
    Commented Aug 15, 2016 at 19:57
  • A long time ago I had problems when the default printer did not match the printer used for printing (as MSWord creates the preview depending on printer properties) I think you should check you document properties also, and maybe try to make the margins larger and see if it will look the same. I don't use Windows any more and do not have MSOffice.
    – Zina
    Commented Aug 15, 2016 at 19:58
  • Very few printers support edge-to-edge printing, so unless you have a printer with the feature, you have to expect a bit of a border.
    – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
    Commented Aug 15, 2016 at 20:30

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We fixed it!

If you click File -> Page Setup, the Paper Size was currently US Letter. From the dropdown, select Manage Custom Sizes. Then add a custom paper size, which will default to 8.5x11, non-printable area will default to user defined. All of the margin fields should be left at 0.

This allows you to do remove the border on the printed document.

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