Office Pub 2007: Problem "Publish As PDF"

[Jeff Zeitlin]

I have a document (a magazine with both text and full-page artwork) that
I create using US Letter as the page size. When I generate a PDF from
this document using Publish As PDF, it correctly generates a PDF whose
paper size is US Letter (8.5 by 11).

I then copy the .pub file, open the copy, and set the paper size of the
publication to A4. I tweak the positioning of the content so that it's
better-balanced to the page shape (move L/R margins in, T/B margins
out), so that I have a good A4 publication. I then try to Publish As
PDF.

The output of this second attempt at generating a PDF has thin white
borders left and right, and is truncated slightly top and bottom
(looking at a full-page picture, such as the front cover). This is
because the PDF generated has US Letter paper, although the publication
is set for A4, and the layout is maintained as though it were A4.

I have Adobe Acrobat 8 on the computer in question, and can usually
tweak the settings and then print to the Acrobat "printer" to get what I
really want - but I shouldn't need to, should I?

Why does this happen, and what must I do to correct it?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Have you tried setting your page size to A4 before the paste? I have tried your
scenario, I get an A4 PDF using the advanced setup even if I don't change the
page size before the paste. Are you certain you are changing the page size in
the advanced settings of the converter?

 

[Jeff Zeitlin]

Have you tried setting your page size to A4 before the paste? I have tried your
scenario, I get an A4 PDF using the advanced setup even if I don't change the
page size before the paste. Are you certain you are changing the page size in
the advanced settings of the converter?

I don't paste; I copy the .pub file and open the copy, then change the
paper size for the document using FILE > PAGE SETUP.

However, your comment about the 'advanced settings of the converter' was
the clue I needed; I had been assuming (and we know about that word,
don't we?) that when I changed the publication paper size, the page size
for the PDF/XPS converter would automagically follow - which it
obviously does not.

A quick experiment showed that making the change in the converter as
well as the Page Setup dialogue was the missing link for me.

Thank you!