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Printing legal size by default on Acrobat
Hi experts,
I am working on a form to be completed by users in Adobe Acrobat Pro XI. It is legal in size and all the fields have been created and seems to work great. However, when I open the file in Acrobat Reader, as a user would, and try to print it, the default size is letter... I have to manually select actual size so itll print in legal.
Knowing how things are, I have no doubt that the forms will be received in letter size, which is not acceptable in these moments. Is there a way to set the document so when users open the document and try to print itll try to choose legal by default?
Thanks in advance...
I am working on a form to be completed by users in Adobe Acrobat Pro XI. It is legal in size and all the fields have been created and seems to work great. However, when I open the file in Acrobat Reader, as a user would, and try to print it, the default size is letter... I have to manually select actual size so itll print in legal.
Knowing how things are, I have no doubt that the forms will be received in letter size, which is not acceptable in these moments. Is there a way to set the document so when users open the document and try to print itll try to choose legal by default?
Thanks in advance...
ASKER
So nothing can be done so it behaves like a Word document? Word has no problems in automatically selecting the print size based on the document size...
Correct. The creator of the PDF has no control over the actual output unless you want to use one of the .NET solutions and not provide PDFs to the client.
The lowest-cost solution is to have the PDF popup a reminder that the PDF output MUST be printed on legal.
I do have to point out that, unless this form factor is a regulatory compliance requirement, you should reformat your form to print on letter as many printers simply do not print on legal-sized paper readily. Depending upon the intended audience for this form, the user may not even have legal paper on hand and will presume letter-sized paper is acceptable.
The lowest-cost solution is to have the PDF popup a reminder that the PDF output MUST be printed on legal.
I do have to point out that, unless this form factor is a regulatory compliance requirement, you should reformat your form to print on letter as many printers simply do not print on legal-sized paper readily. Depending upon the intended audience for this form, the user may not even have legal paper on hand and will presume letter-sized paper is acceptable.
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Tigger,
The issue seems to have been solved with the options I explained above.
The issue seems to have been solved with the options I explained above.
Excellent! Likely you should assign points to your answer - I am certain others would appreciate knowing the answer.
ASKER
Changing these settings worked out for us.
The user of the form will need to set the document print size to legal. Consider using a non-printing form pop-up communicating the need to print the document on legal paper.