How To Print To PDF Without Borders or Margins

So, you’ve written and designed your perfect Resume / CV, everything is looking great and you can’t wait to apply to that job opening, but hang on, you go to save it as a PDF (the best format for a CV) and the Margins / Borders are cutting out part of the document. Fear not, it’s a simple fix…

Follow these clear instructions on How To Print to PDF without borders or margins…

1. Navigate to Page Setup with your Word file.

2. Click Settings > Page Attributes

3. Click Format for > Any Printer

4. Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes

5. Click + to create a new custom size, call it Borderless or Print PDF Without Border

6. Click the paper size boxes to make it the size you need (Letter is 8.5 x 11 / A4 is 8.3 x 11.7)

7. Ensure Non-Printable Area reads as User Defined

8. Change Margins within the boxes to 0

9. Click OK.

Now you’re ready to print…

1. Print Menu > Select your Printer

2. Presents > Standard

3. Select PDF > Save to PDF

4. Type in your File Name and Save Location

5. Save

Success! One perfect PDF conversion.

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