--- In rpg-create@yahoogroups.com, Peter Knutsen <list@...> wrote:


> Yes, I use a 3rd-party programme called PDFCreator, as a "driver".
>
> [...]

I'm using a different driver, called PrimoPDF at home, but it works on
the same principle: it creates a virtual printer and prints the .doc to
a PDF file instead of printing to paper.

>
> That still doesn't explain why everything looks slightly "zoomed",
> with the margins being larger. The change in font size is minimal,
> to the point where it can't be seen. All I see is that if I take
> one printout of the Word version and one of the PDF version, and
> stack them and hold the stack up against a strong light, the Word
> version's "dark area", the area that is not margin, is a few mm
> larger.
>

And I also had a similar problem. I think I solved it by checking the
paper format I used in PDF-printing the doc. I don't recall the exact
details, and since I don't have that PDF creator here at work I can't
check right now. I do think that it was related to me having chosen A4
on Word and the default being 'Letter' (which is close to A4 but not
the same) on the PDF printing software. That and probably selecting
a 'print for on-screen reading' preference which probably by-passed the
standard printing settings.

I'm sorry I don't recall all of the deatils, I can check it out again
tonite at home if you need me to. I suggest you take a look at those
options (if they are there on your PDF creator) and make sure they are
set coherently with what you have. Hopefully this helps.

Mauro