2Click the Border command button and choose Borders and Shading from the bottom of the menu that appears.1Put the insertion pointer on the page you want to border.A double border print has the design running along both selvedge edges. In a border print the design runs along one side of the selvedge. Go to Layout > Margins, and select Custom Margins. The usual reason borders don’t print is something called your “printer’s minimum margin setting.” If the borders are still not showing when you print, adjust the margins to give more space between the borders and the edge of the page on the document. Why is my Word document printing with a border? Select the Custom option from the list of choices.Click Page Border in the Borders and Shading window. Open Word and click on the Design tab.Click “OK” to apply the border to your page.Select the desired style, color and width of your page border, or choose an art border from the pop-up box.Click on the tab “Page Layout” at the top of the screen, third tab from the left.Open Microsoft Word to a new or in-process document.