Re: A PDF Instructions question

[Steven Gaghan <sgaghan12 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

The other option is to put a note in about ensuring that "Shrink to
Printable Area is selected when printing the page" and then referring the
user to the Adobe Reader help file. That way you shouldn't run into the
issue Robert mentioned.

Steve

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>wrote:

> Seems like people have been doing fine without it, and any specific
> instructions might end up wrong if Adobe changes the Acrobat Reader
> UI.
>
> In 2001, when some people weren't familiar with PDFs and Acrobat
> Reader's browser integration was problematic, I put some tips on the
> first page, but that looks really dated now.
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Deborah Hemstreet
> <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > As you know, margins can be cut off from the bottom of a document,
> depending
> > on the printers people use. For example, on my printer, 0.6" bottom
> margin
> > is fine, but on my client's printer, the footer is cut off.
> >
> > In the PDF, there is plenty of physical space. I advised my client that
> when
> > he prints the PDF, to make sure Shrink to Printable Area is selected when
> > printing the page, and it will come out fine.
> >
> > Question: He is wondering if we need to give the users instructions in
> the
> > MANUAL for printing the PDF.
> >
> > I have never done this before. I've printed tons of PDFs and never had a
> > question come back to our service groups (when I worked for a company)
> about
> > the footer NOT printing...
> >
> > What do you think?
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