atw: Re: Converting Word documents to PDF [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Michael

My post said "the document size is shown in the Print dialog box as 
279.4mm x 215.9mm, while the page size is 296.7mm x 209.9mm  (A4)".  The 
latter is very close to the correct specification for A4 (it's usually 
297mm x 210mm). The former is the one that I want to control, and when I 
found it in the conversion settings dialog box I thought I'd got the 
solution. Because it's significantly narrower than the page size, I was 
getting unwanted white space at the edge of my document. But my attempts 
to fix it didn't work.

The Properties form in the Printers and Faxes dialog box shows A4. 

Howard





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Howard,

Your original message said something about paper size, with dimensions 
that certainly don't match A4 -- they looked like "Letter", from memory. 
They must be coming from the printer setup somewhere! What do you see if 
you select AdobePDF from the Printers and Faxes list (Start button), and 
look at Properties?

Another point, though: you're well advised to have AdobePDF set as default 
printer before you even launch Word. You can't do much to stop Word from 
throwing its weight around, but forcing it to use the same printer 
settings throughout does make a difference.



Michael Lewis
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Macquarie University

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