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PPT to PDF distortion w/ large size

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2008-12-10 12:18:24
ValZ
Registered: Dec 10 2008
Posts: 3

I have a 36" x 24" poster in powerpoint that I'd like to print to a 72" x 48" poster in PDF. I've created the appropriate page size, and used "scale to fit paper", such that the Print Preview looks *PERFECT*. Yet, when it prints to PDF, I get a completely distorted image - most of the text is squashed on the far left hand side, a couple of headers are mashed in the middle, and some of the text is vertical. Everything is distorted and overwritten.

When I remove the "scale to fit paper", it *still* distorts the image, this time placing everything in the center, but squashing all the text in the lefthand 24" or so.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

I'm using Acrobat Professional 7.0 and PPT 2003

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2008-12-17 00:09:26
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ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 24 2005
Posts: 252
Hi ValZ

Have you performed the following?

Create the PDF at 100% size and then scale to fit/200% to the output device?
Ensure you're fully patched to Acrobat 7.0.9 (just in case it's a bug)

All the best,

Jon

I've been using Acrobat since v1.0 and still get amazed by its power. An Acrobat ACE since 1999

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2008-12-17 10:13:40
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ValZ
Registered: Dec 10 2008
Posts: 3
Yep, that is exactly the first thing I tried (which didn't work). Then I tried a bunch of other stuff (most of which didn't work). Finally I futzed around with it until I found a (smaller) size (by trial and error) which had minimal errors, and then made a PDF. Then I made a bigger PDF out of the first PDF. Silly.
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2009-10-07 07:07:16
#3
Yodadatoka
Registered: Oct 7 2009
Posts: 1
Thanks Jon for the tip!

I too had been experiencing this PowerPoint to PDF distortion scaling problem while trying to enlarge an A3 PPT to A1. For anyone else having this issue I'm fully patched up using Win XP SP2 - PowerPoint 2002/XP SP3 - Acrobat Professional 8.1.6

Both scaling to fit in Powerpoint and manually scaling via Adobe PDF printer preferences would distort everything down the right hand side even though the preview appeared fine.

Printing to PDF at 100% and then subsequently scaling to fit A1 from Acrobat resolved it for me.

Thanks again!
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