CS4 image box won't snap to page size

I've been working in CS4 the past two days. Takes some geting used to. Page rotation though is an incredible godsend. I'm working on two booklets (16 and 32 pager) that open in calendar format (top to bottom as opposed to left to right). Love it.
Two things I have't figured out. My page size is 9x12. Everytime I try to make a 9x12 picture box the right edge is slightly larger than 9. Call it 9.125 or whatever. Why won't it just snap to the bottom right page corner? The photoshop files are 9.25 x 12.25 so theroretically if I put my loaded cursor to the top left bleed guide, shouldn't the picture place automatically into a box that size? When I place a loaded cursor at the top left corner of bleed the picture box goes out at least an inch to the right.
The other thing is I need to see my page @ 143% to see it actual size. In CS3, I wouldn't enter the info at the bottom left of the app window. Where do I enter this info in CS4?
Thanks.
P.S. So far PS is like an alien landscape. I'll need to come in another Sat or Sun and take a tour to familiarize myself. Today is not that day, though. I do like the tabbed windows though I haven't figured out how to get a layer from one tab into a file in another tab.

If you are mac user, make sure that you have your Application Bar on (Window>Application Frame). If it´s on, you should see zoom-% filed on top of screen.
I have also had troubles with drawing full page size rectangle, it goes few millimetres larger than page, even if it doesn´t have stroke at all. I have not even try to figure out why, I have simply finished it with W and H values in control panel.

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<pre style="overflow: auto;font-size:small; font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; color: #222; background: #ddd; padding: .3em .8em .3em .8em; font-size: 9px;">loki:~ matt$ diff -u /usr/share/cups/model/epson9.ppd ~/Desktop/epson9.ppd
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