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Powered by the Parse. More Mac Sites: Macworld MacUser iPhone Central. HTML is nice for viewing online, but lack of page breaks means it is no good for printed documents. Sometimes someone tries to write a paginated document in HTML an export from Word or Pages, for example and it loses the pagination. This could be a tax invoice from an online retailer or a technical document in an online journal.

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Here's how to avoid the problem Create a custom paper size in File: Page Setup that is the same width as the preformatted document, but with a height the length of the entire document. Use File: Print, and then Preview the document. You should have a giant-sized PDF which is the desired width and has no pagination page breaks. Now select your page worth's of layout and use Edit: Copy, then File: New from Clipboard. Now use File: Print and Preview the new document using a real paper size , and the third document will contain correct margins all around.

For multiple-page documents like technical journals, repeat this process for each page. We've run similar hints in the past in a discussion on printing long web pages The following comments are owned by whoever posted them.

This site is not responsible for what they say. For some jobs, you may need to print on a custom paper size from your desktop or wide format inkjet printer.

A good example is printing a custom greeting card or thank you card. This brief lesson shows you how to define a custom size that can be saved and used again and again.

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It is specific to InDesign on a Mac. InDesign wants you to use the program's print dialog for everything. That works great until it doesn't. A good example is creation and use of custom paper sizes. This means you have to use the printer driver to accomplish the task.

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Scroll to the bottom of the paper size list, locate and click "Manage Custom Sizes". The custom paper size dialog appears. The width must be the smaller dimension and height must be longer dimension. If you do it backwards, your print is likely to fail.


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Back at the InDesign print dialog, you will see Paper Size - Defined by Driver and the custom size displayed in the width and height section below. That's it.


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You have now defined a custom paper size. It will be available for future use, listed using the name you designated, in the paper size drop down menu.