Windows 10: Microsoft Print To PDF Option Changes Page Orientation To Portrait

Hi, I'm attempting to print a report in a Windows 10 environment using the Microsoft Print To PDF option in the Print Dialog. There seems to be something rotating the page prior to viewing. I confirmed this by actually printing out the pdf file that was generated. It displays the data in portrait mode, but the actual print out is in landscape.


I went back to the "Print\General" dialog and selected Microsoft Print To PDF. I confirmed the "OK" button became enabled at this point. I then selected "Preferences" and changed the "Orientation" combo box from Portrait to Landscape. The preview changed at this point to reflect landscape. I then selected "Advanced" and viewed the Paper/Output and Copy County options. Paper Size was set to "Letter" and Count was set to 1 Copy. I selected OK and confirmed the orientation in the preview hadn't changed. It was still showing Landscape. I then selected OK. Microsoft Print To PDF was still selected. There were no other relevant configuration choices, just Report Range, Paper Range and Project Options. I review these anyway, but could not find anything related to paper orientation.


At this point I selected OK and was prompted for a location and name for the output. I provided this (noting the name and location). When printing completed, I opened the correct file in the correct location using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. The two pages of my report were both in Portrait.


At this point, I went to File\Print. I noticed the Orientation in the Print Dialog was set to Auto Portrait/landscape. I changed nothing in this screen, and selected Print. I did notice that the preview screen showed the page in landscape mode already though.


When the report printed out, it was in the correct orientation, landscape.


I went a step further and took a Word document created in Office 365 online. and changed it's orientation to landscape and printed it out using the Microsoft Print To PDF. This seemed to display correctly in landscape mode.

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Here is a screenshot of the Yahoo log in page printed as PDF. Here is what I did though, I changed the orientation before printing from portrait to landscape. Produced a single page and nothing cut off.

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Problem with page orientation with downloaded pages in their fplder

• Have you tried printing from any Office apps (e.g. Word), and see if it does the same thing.

• "No. This only happens with some of the pages in the download folder in question. Out of, about 50 files it, currently, affects about 20. No other office apps (or any other) exhibits this problem"

• For us to be in the same page, how do you print the files out? This would help us also to replicate the issue.

The issue is not in the printing. It seems to be in the saving. The, would be single page somehow saves as 2 pages. It appears to be related to
page orientation. I cannot figure out how to alter the palge orientation of the affected pages. I have tried to change the orientation in Edge and Adobe (they are saved as .pdf's), but can't find that option.

Thank you

 

Microsoft Print to PDF - custom paper sizes possible?

Hi Mike,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.



I would suggest you to follow the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Click Print, A print window spreads up. Click
  Print as PDF button. A drop down opens up. Choose Add a Printer.
• As soon as you click Add a printer a settings window uncovers where you can see
  Searching for Printer and Scanner. If you have added a printer the settings window displays it after a while unless add the printer cable to your PC port and click
  Refresh.
• Return Back to the Print window and click on Print
  button.
• You see various tools of customization here like orientation, pages, etc. Do the changes as required. You can practice with changing the print settings on your own choice.
• Portrait and Landscape are to choose whether you want to take the print in vertical or horizontal orientation.
• Pages option lets you choose the numbers of pages you want to print at one time.
• Scale facilitates to set the size of the page.
• Margins allow to scale the distance of pages from the edge of the window.
• And finally, you can set to put on or off the
  header and footer to have in the printout you are getting.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.