I have two pdf files which I want to turn into MS Word templates, so that I can actually write & add data to the templates. However, I don't know how to do this, my main problem here seems to be that there is the bar on the left hand side which has a gray background, but I have no idea how I would do something like this in MS Word, to cover the full height.
I have tried to use a table for this but this does not seem ideal. I have also tried using a coloured text box, but this makes aligning things with the rest of the document very difficult.
See here for the first pdf file and here for the second.
Here is also an image, if you don't want to see the full pdf files:
The gray background on the left is causing troubles, and aligning the two things.