How to Print a Large A0 or A1 PDF Poster on a Small Home or Office Printer
A large-format PDF, an architectural drawing at A0 size, a conference poster at A1, a banner design several feet wide, was designed for a plotter...
How to Print an Excel Sheet to PDF With Gridlines Showing
Excel gridlines, the faint gray lines that separate cells on screen, do not print by default.
How to Crop a PDF Page to a Specific Paper Size Like A4 or Letter
A PDF page that is slightly larger than A4, 8.3 x 11.7 inches instead of 8.27 x 11.69, will not print correctly on A4 paper.
What Types of PDF Tools Do Graphic Designers and Publishers Use
The PDF tools a graphic designer reaches for share little overlap with the tools an office worker uses.
How to Crop a PDF to Fit Multiple Paper Sizes for Different Recipients
The same PDF report is sent to three different recipients. The U.S. office needs Letter-size pages for printing.
How to Convert an Excel Spreadsheet to PDF Using Print Area Only
An Excel workbook contains multiple sheets. A dashboard with charts. A data sheet with thousands of rows. A notes sheet with commentary.
How to Prepare a PDF for a Professional Print Shop
A PDF that looks perfect on screen can produce disappointing results from a professional print shop. Colors shift. Fonts render differently.
How to Print a PDF Without Fonts Changing or Missing
You open a PDF on your computer and the document looks exactly as the designer intended. Every heading is in the correct brand font.
How to Unlock PDF Print Permissions Without the Owner Password
A PDF arrives in your inbox. You open it and the content is all there, perfectly readable on your screen.
How to Print a PDF as a Booklet
Printing a PDF as a booklet means printing pages in an arrangement that, when folded, creates a bound booklet where pages read in the correct...
How to Add a Border to a PDF Page
Adding a border to a PDF page — a rectangular frame around the page content — is useful for certificates, diplomas, formal documents, and print...
Why Is My PDF Cutting Off Text?
A PDF where text is cut off at the edges — the right side of lines disappear, words are missing at the bottom, or content runs off the page — looks...
How to Add Page Numbers to a PDF
Adding page numbers to a PDF after it's been exported is a common need — a report merged from multiple sources, a document that was created without...
Why Can't I Print My PDF?
A PDF that won't print is frustrating — especially when it opens and displays perfectly on screen.
How to Print Multiple PDF Pages on One Sheet
Printing multiple PDF pages on one sheet — two pages side by side, four pages in a grid, or even nine pages per sheet — saves paper, reduces cost,...
What Is the Difference Between PDF and PostScript?
PDF and PostScript were both created by Adobe and both describe how a page should look when printed.
How to Resize a PDF Page
Resizing a PDF page — changing it from A4 to Letter, from Letter to A3, or to a custom dimension — comes up when documents need to fit a specific...
Why Is My PDF Not Printing in Color?
A PDF that looks colorful on screen prints in black and white — or with washed-out, incorrect colors.
Why Does My PDF Have a Black Background?
You open a PDF and instead of white pages with black text, you see a black background with white or grey text — sometimes called inverted colors.
What Does DPI Mean for PDF Files?
DPI stands for dots per inch — a measure of resolution that describes how many individual dots (or pixels) exist within one inch of an image.
