Converting a Docx file to PDF without losing any formatting

You must go into page setup in Word, and create a custom paper size (I used the same size specs as A4, and set printable area to 0 in all 4 ... SuperUserisaquestionandanswersiteforcomputerenthusiastsandpowerusers.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Companies Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. LearnmoreaboutTeams ConvertingaDocxfiletoPDFwithoutlosinganyformatting AskQuestion Asked 6years,5monthsago Modified 4years,2monthsago Viewed 142ktimes 3 1 IamattemptingtoconvertaDocxfilethatIhavetoaPDF.Ihavedonethismanytimesbefore,butthisparticularfilehasalotofuniqueformattingwithpagebreaks;somepagesarelandscape,someareportrait,somehavenormalmargins,somehavenomarginsetc.Ialsohavepagenumberinginthefooters.IneedtoconverttoaPDFwithoutlosinganyoftheformatting(i.e.whenItrytodothisinWORDincutsoffmypagenumbersinthefooterandalsocutsoffsomeofthetextandimagesthataretooclosetotherightsideofthepageforthepageswithnomargins).I'vealreadytriedusingwebtoolstoconvert,andalthoughtheytendtokeeptheformatting,theyreplacesometextwithquestionmarksymbolsandaregenerallyunreliable.Iamwonderingifanyoneknowshowtofixthis.AllIwantisformyWorddocumenttoconverttoaPDFinexactlythesameformatthatitisinalready!Thanks Also,Ihaveattemptedtosetthepapersizeinthepagesetuptocustomwith"0"inallfourboxes,butthistremendouslymesseswiththeformattingofmyfigures,textboxes,text,etc. microsoft-wordpdfprint-to-pdfmarginsfooters Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedApr13,2016at16:30 RyanRothman askedApr13,2016at16:28 RyanRothmanRyanRothman 5111goldbadge11silverbadge55bronzebadges 8 Canyouuploadthefilesomewhere?Ihaveanadobeacrobatsubscription,anditdoesthejobwell. – Don'tRoothereplz... Apr13,2016at16:29 Hi.Iwaslookingforsomewhereheretouploadit,butIcannotseewhereIcandothat!Also,Iwillbeneedingtodothisforatleast12otherDocuments.Doyouknowifadobeacrobathasafreesubscriptiontrial?ThisisformydissertationandIwouldrathernothavetopayalargesumjustfor1weekofusage!Cheers! – RyanRothman Apr13,2016at16:32 Youcanfindthetrialhere:acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat.html – Don'tRoothereplz... Apr13,2016at16:40 I'mnotsurehowyou'reconvertingbutfile>saveasistheeasiestway,assumingthatswhatsgivingyoutroubletrysomethinglikethebullzipPDFprinter.insteadofhavingwordsavethefileyou'llhitprintandselectthepdfprinter.Sinceitsadifferentconversionengineitmaydowhatyouneed. – acme64 Apr13,2016at16:42 IfitispossibletouploadbothacopyofmyWorddocumentandtheoutputPDFthatIget,itwouldmakemuchclearertheproblemsthatIamfacing!DoesanyoneknowhowImightbeabletodothis?Also,ifIpurchasethe£7monthlyversionofAdobeProPDF,willthissomehowconverttheDocxfilewithoutlosingformattingorcuttingoffmymargins/footersasWorddoes? – RyanRothman Apr13,2016at16:49  |  Show3morecomments 2Answers 2 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 2 Ihavefinallyfoundthesolution!YoumustgointopagesetupinWord,andcreateacustompapersize(IusedthesamesizespecsasA4,andsetprintableareato0inall4cases).Thetrickthenistomakesureyouapplythistoeachpageofthedocumentindividually,specifyingwhetherthegivenpageisportraitorlandscapeorientation.ThentheconvertedPDFshouldgiveyou100%printableareaandstillmaintaintheformattingofbothportraitandlandscapeinthedocument! Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredApr13,2016at18:17 RyanRothmanRyanRothman 5111goldbadge11silverbadge55bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Or...ifyougotoFile>Saveas>PDFthenbeforeyouclickExportbesuretoselect"BestforPrinting"underFileFormat.Theformattingchangesifyouselect"Bestforelectronicdistribution"(whichisthedefault). Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun21,2017at15:31 styrofoamfly 1,82633goldbadges1919silverbadges2222bronzebadges answeredJun21,2017at11:58 adamspcadamspc 1 1 2 Notethatthismethoderasesallbookmarksinthedocumentandmakeslinksnon-functional.That'sfineifyouactuallywanttoprintthedocument,butifyou'redistributingthePDFelectronicallyyou'llhavetosearchforadifferentmethod. – BillMei Apr4,2019at15:01 Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. 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