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Subject:Re: A PDF Instructions question From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:41:05 -0800
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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