Vicktor- Here are a few things that I discovered about the layout page size issue. I have machines with both Acrobat 5 and Acrobat 6.
When I create a layout (8" x 8") with Acrobat 5 Distiller I see the same thing you see, the page size that is displayed is a shade under the specified page size (approx 7.9" x 7.9"). When I create a layout with Acrobat 6, the page size is exactly the page size specified (8" x 8") although there is a small strip of what looks like the dark gray margin on the right and bottom of the page even when the margins are all set to 0. (Starting to sound more like an Acrobat 5 issue) Furthermore, I put the snap grid on and placed maps in each layout to be the full (8" x 8") page size (so it goes beyond the displayed page in the Distiller 5 layout). When I printed both layouts to PDF files and viewed the PDFs in Acrobat with the rulers on they were both exactly 8" x 8" (even the one printed from Distiller with the "smaller" page size). So I suggest you try to print the layouts...perhaps they will also print as you want them and not as the layout suggests. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Maptitude] Layout Paper Size >Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 16:11:36 -0700 > >Hi all, > >I'm having an on going issue with Maptitudes layout page sizing. The >problem I'm noticing is that Maptitude doesn't size the paper size to the >exact size specified. For example, let's say that I require that all my >maps be at a specific scale of 1:100,000 and that the reverse calculation >for the compatible paper size is, 8.1 inches x 11.1 inches. Maptitude >appears to consistently create a layout page just shy of this dimension. >Maptitude creates a page size of 8.05 inches by 11.05inches, which doesn't >provide me with any confidence in my scale using Maptitude; actually it >equates to an error of 416 plus feet, which is unacceptable even at >1:100,000. > >Normally I use a precision of 100th of an inch in my paper sizing but >truncated to something more measurable within Maptitude by using 10th of >an inch instead. I'm using ADOBE PDF writer 5.0 but am able to repeat the >error using cutePDF as well. Does anyone know if the folks at Caliper are >aware of this or if I'm overlooking the obvious? > > >Warmest regards, > >Viktor Keenan de la Hoz - Senior GIS Technician >City of Phoenix - Street Transportation Department >Design and Construction Management Division Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
