print to PDF yields multiple documents
Is there a current workaround for this?
Mac mini 2009, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
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Mac mini 2009, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
I had the exact same problem - printing to pdf created two separate pdf files from a single two page document. I read the reply that this could be an issue with section breaks, and sure enough when I got rid of a hidden section break in my document the problem was solved! Thanks for the thread - i never would have considered section breaks if it hadn't been for Texas Mac Man's suggestion. Thanks!
Indeed. Removing a manual page section break fixed the issue for me.
Microsoft needs to address this issue. It is counterintuitive for Word to spit out each page as a separate PDF, regardless of section breaks of any kind. In the print dialog, we should have a very clear option to combine pages or split pages.
I can't think of any other word processing or page layout program which has this page splitting behavior when saving as PDF.
I had the same problem with a Word document and figured out the problem. Word seems to be spitting out separate PDF documents based on the page setup. So under File -> Page Setup you get a dialog box with the settings for the page, and usually a "Format for" dropdown and a "Paper Size" option. If these setting are not the same for the whole document, Word throws a wobbley and generates a PDF for each page setup.
My solution (works where all of the pages are the same format).
File -> Page Setup
Settings: Choose "Microsoft Word" from the dropdown box
Apply Page Setup settings to: Entire Document.
This will setup up the entire document to use the same page settings, and will fix the problem for those of us who are wanting a document that all has the same page settings. (This won't work if you are mixing page sizes.)
Great tip, thanks. 🙂
print to PDF yields multiple documents