Inserted Watermark Image moving when saving to pdf???

[Beverb95]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I have tried to insert a large watermark image to fill up the page and give my document some texture.
In print and publish view it looks great.
However when I save to pdf, the format my documnet will be finalized in, the watermark stops short from the end of the footer and a bit to the right. The pdf shows a thick white edge on the bottom, and also a smaller white edge on the right where the watermark image is not present.
Is there anyway to make sure that the watermark image stays fluent throughout the page to give my document a fluid background?

 

[CyberTaz]

It's totally in the hands of your printer. Most have a minimum margin
requirement on one or more edges even though they're advertised as
"borderless" - that claim usually applies only when printing on stock
smaller than US Letter size [as with 4x6 or 5x8 photos]. Some printers can
be fooled into ignoring their minimum margins but most can't. You'll have to
fiddle with the print settings for Layout, Paper Handling, etc. if the
printer's documentation doesn't provide explicit instructions.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Beverb95]

Im not sure if you understand. I do not want to print. I want to email a pdf. In my document my background (inserted watermark) is fluid through out the entire page. When I 'save as' pdf it puts and ugly and un-even border along the bottom and right of my page.
I am working on a proposal that will be emailed to several clients. If it doesnt print on their end perfectly that is fine. But I am looking to dazzle them upon the browsing of the pdf file. That is why the fluid background is so important.
I have spent a lot of time in print and publishing layout with several effects and only the background 'watermark image' is being stubborn.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello again;

I did have the impression that printing was your actual concern so perhaps I
wasn't clear enough. Here's a bit more depth on the issue

First - even though MS saw fit to include PDF in the Save As list of file
types - creating PDFs *is* printing. It's just printing to disk rather than
some other media. Using the File> Save As command appears to actually invoke
your selected printer's driver software & the PDF is generated based on that
printer's capabilities - and limitations.

If you use the File> Print dialog & click the PDF button to use the OS X PDF
generator instead [or Use File> Page Setup to designate the Acrobat (or
comparable) PDF driver before using File> Save As - PDF] you should get the
full bleed you're looking for.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Beverb95]

I do not seem to have the option to
File>Print Dialog???

I also have no idea what to select in page set up.

I am totally lost.

 

[CyberTaz]

Surely you have a Print command in the File menu?

In the File menu select the Print... command, which produces the dialog
window for printing.

Open the list which displays "Copies & Pages", select Paper Handling & pick
the option for "Scale to fit Paper Size". If "Scale down only" is checked
clear the checkbox.

In the lower left corner of that dialog window is a PDF button - click it &
select Save As PDF.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Beverb95]

have done exactly what you stated, but I still get the same result. get an error message before i print,

A footer in section 1 is set outside the printable area of the page. Do you wish to continue?

Im not sure if this has to do with anything.

 

[John McGhie]

That would have quite a lot to do with it...

Remember that PDF is trying to simulate a piece of paper. PDF is a language
that tells printers where to make dots on the page. Those dots join up to
make the image you see.

If you tell the PDF generator it should make dots where it thinks there is
no paper, it is going to get a bit confused.

In a PDF, every "dot" is referenced to the top left corner of the sheet of
"paper". So if you try to include things that are off the printable area,
then the things that are anchored to them will also move off the paper, and
so on and so on...

The "paper" in this case is the paper your printer driver thinks is in the
physical printer you have installed. Word gets the measurements from that
and passes them out to the PDF converter, which then makes the PDF file look
exactly like a piece of paper would if it had been printed by you.

So if you resolve that error (by fixing your footer margins) your troubles
may well go away.

Hope this helps

have done exactly what you stated, but I still get the same result. get an
error message before i print,

A footer in section 1 is set outside the printable area of the page. Do you
wish to continue?

Im not sure if this has to do with anything.

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Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[Beverb95]

Im googling all I can, and this seems to be a very common issue, although everyone finds their own avenues to experience it.
I have no idea how to go about fixing the margins.
I have tried several methods I found online.
-Scale 100%
-Dragging margins on the sides

Im totally clueless

 

[John McGhie]

When it complains about "margins" it often means the "vertical" margins.

Remember a document has four margins that govern how close to the edge of
the paper the text can get.

I assume you searched for the word "margins" in the Word Help?

Does the help topic " Change page margins" cover it for you?

I would never drag page margins (except by accident). It's not precise
enough. I always use Format>Document...

The margins you set depend on your printer: I would not try setting any of
them less than 1 cm, because most printers can't get that close to the edge
of the sheet. 2.5 cm is more common.

You may want to set Word>Preferences>View "Show text boundaries" ON so you
can see where the margins actually are. Then you need to examine every page
to make sure you do not have anything hanging over the edge of the margins.

Cheers

Im googling all I can, and this seems to be a very common issue, although
everyone finds their own avenues to experience it.
I have no idea how to go about fixing the margins.
I have tried several methods I found online.
-Scale 100%
-Dragging margins on the sides

Im totally clueless

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]