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Here's part 2 an old article regarding limitations when creating PDF
from word processors.  

http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=332 

Not sure how much of it still applies in today's world, but I still keep
this in mind when I need to keep PDFs looking like its word processing
doc counterpart (or is it the other way around :-)...especially to avoid
the repaginations.

I'm not sure if it has anything do with Distiller trying to replicate
the Word file as you say, but yes, instead, it's following its own set
of (margin?) rules.

Ivan Lee 
Senior Technical Writer 

The opinions expressed here are that of my own and not of my employer.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lewis Hamer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PDF] page shrinking


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Hi
I am sure this has been asked many times by Adobe Acrobat novices.
When I convert a page of a word file to a prn file or a post script file

through acrobat distiller or through our xerox printer the resulting 
pdf(s) seems to have more 'white space' around it. If the pdf file is 
compared against the same but printed Word file the pdf files footers 
are about 0.6cms higher than the print version whilst the header on the 
pdf file is about 0.4cms lower than the print version. As we work in 
Word then convert to pdf to sent to our printers for print we need both 
versions to look exactly the same, at present there is a glaring 
difference in page sizes.
I read somewhere in an article that when converting to pdf some 
calculations had to be done regarding page size and margins in order for

the pdf to replicate the exact size of the Word file - is this true??
All help gratefully appreciated.
Lewis.
PS our Word files are standard A4 paper size with 2.5cms margins all 
around with 1.1cms header and footer.


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