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tdcarp
Inspiring
April 21, 2016
Question

Accuracy of layout converting MS Word to PDF

  • April 21, 2016
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Using Acrobat X Pro.  For the first time I needed the resultant PDF to be layout-accurate to the original MS Word document.

I noticed the text at the bottom of the some of the PDF pages was a bit higher on the printed page.  I've tested enough to confirm its not paper shift in the printer.

Some of the PDF pages are rotated 180-degrees because of how the final document is assembled, but I'm assuming that's not the cause of the differences.

Was I expecting too much of Acrobat to have layouts spatially accurate to the original document?  Are there things in Word I do to improve things.

Thanks

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ms_baker
ms_baker
Inspiring
April 21, 2016

Hi TDCarp -

There shouldn't be any difference spatially when you convert a document to PDF. You mentioned that you had some rotated 180 degrees. Do you have a different top/bottom margin setting? If so, that could explain the differences you're experiencing. It's not going to be a problem with the PDF, rather something in the layout in Word.

donna.

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tdcarpAuthor
Inspiring
April 22, 2016

Thanks Donna

I'll do some checking to see if the rotate is the cause.

I don't think so because the rotate is done after converting the Word page into a PDF (i.e. the PDF is rotated).

Also, the print is spatially accurate if I print the Word pages themselves (i.e. no PDFs involved).  The paper is legal sized and I use a manual feed on my laser.  If I print one Word page, flip and reverse the paper, and then print the second page, everything is spatially accurate.

So something is different when PDFs are involved.

Tom

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