If you do, be sure to change the map scale back to the reference scale. You may need to resize the data frame to fit on the page. Oddly, if I print a web page from Firefox 3.6, PDFCreator seems to default to Letter paper. I tried changing the registry key HKCU\\\\Software\\\\PDFCreator\\\\Printing\\\\Papersize to 'Letter' and 'letter', but it didn't work. For example, to change the default page size, close all documents, choose File > Document Setup, and select a desired page size.
#Set pdf default page size how to#
I would like to change this to be Letter, but I can't figure out how to do it. If you use the same page size and language for most of your documents, you can change these defaults with no document open. You may need to select the data frame and drag it to the center of the page. Whenever I run PDFCreator, it defaults to a paper size of A4. Click OK to apply your changes and review the results.
If nothing matches the chart measurements in the Size drop-down list, uncheck the Use Printer Paper Settings check box and type the width and height of the paper into their respective fields.
When declaring an instance of MpdfMpdf class, you can specify the (default) page size and orientation for the document. The page size has to be modified based on the scale of the chart and its geographic extent. Page size & Orientation Page sizes supported. Setting the page size will ensure that hard-copy plots are printed to an appropriately sized sheet of paper. Apart from this, MS Word also provides some other predefined page sizes such as Legal. Making sure that you have set the correct page size for your chart is important. In Microsoft Word, the default page size is 8.5x11 inch letter.