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Want to create a PDF file that displays continuous and unpaginated (like an HTML file) in Acrobat or Reader

ThatAMan
Registered: Jun 24 2011
Posts: 3
Answered

HTML files display in web browsers as continuous and unpaginated. Can one create a PDF file that displays the same way in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader?

My Product Information:
Acrobat 10.1, Macintosh
Merlin
Acrobat 9ExpertTeam
Registered: Mar 1 2006
Posts: 766
Hi,

you should try Paparazzi!, it's a free software that convert web pages "as is".
http://derailer.org/paparazzi/
ThatAMan
Registered: Jun 24 2011
Posts: 3
Thanks for the tip. But Paparazzi! makes screenshots of web pages: not exactly what I'm looking for. I have a Microsoft Word file (docx) that I want to print to PDF. But I want that PDF to be unpaginated and continuous, like an HTML file.
gkaiseril
Expert
Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
Try changing the page size as necessary.

George Kaiser

ThatAMan
Registered: Jun 24 2011
Posts: 3
Accepted Answer
Bingo, George! You're a genius! Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat are based on pages. Therefore, make the page height (vertical measurement of a page) long enough to encompass the entire document. In Word for Mac 2011 (version 14.1.2):

(1) Set Print Layout View.
(2) Show all Nonprinting Characters (which will include Page Breaks).
(3) Remove any unneeded Page Breaks that you manually set.
(4) Set a custom Paper Size as necessary.

Thank you, George!