Full sized image on Word doc front page - header in way

[Frimley111R]

As above, I want to make the whole first page of a Word document an image but I can't get it to ignore the header space. how do I get around that?

[Harpoon]

Perhaps draw a text box to be the whole size of the page, remove the border and paste / insert the image into the text box?

[selwonk]

If you double-click to open the header, it should open the "Header & Footer" tab in the ribbon. Tick the "Different First Page" option and you can adjust your front page without affecting the rest of your document.

[Frimley111R]

selwonk said:

If you double-click to open the header, it should open the "Header & Footer" tab in the ribbon. Tick the "Different First Page" option and you can adjust your front page without affecting the rest of your document.

Thanks, I tried that but even with the box ticked for the front page it just edited every page.

I just edited the front page and then went through the rest of the document to fix text/images which had moved. not ideal but it worked out in the end.

[andygo]

It's a bit frustrating, Word is still in beta testing, has been for the last 30 years or so. They will get it sorted soon, nearly finished, I'm sure, lol.

[dapprman]

Ignoring sarky comments, you need to bring up the rulers then adjust those to the edges. There is still a little white line at the very top - can't find a way to get round that, suspect it is an enforced printer margin.

[mmm-five]

Try putting the image IN the header instead.

Don't forget to edit the text wrapping so that it goes in front or behind the text, rather than in-line.

[dapprman]

mmm-five said:

Try putting the image IN the header instead.

Don't forget to edit the text wrapping so that it goes in front or behind the text, rather than in-line.

Nice one

[mmm-five]

dapprman said:

Nice one

When you come out of the Header & Footer it will make the picture look semi-transparent/faded...but this is just to show you that it's in the background/header, rather than the foreground/body! It will print/convert to PDF full colour.