How to Deal With Objects That Extend Past Margins in a PDF

There are two scenarios where you may need to deal with objects that extend past the margins in a PDF. The first scenario is when you are creating a PDF, using Adobe Acrobat, from a document that has objects that extend into the margins. For this scenario, you need to set the margins in the PDF to zero. The second scenario is when you receive a PDF file and can view the file in Adobe Reader, but when you print the file objects in the margins are deleted. How you deal with objects in the margins of a PDF depends on whether you are using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader.

Things You'll Need

• Adobe Acrobat or Reader installed

Instructions

Set Margins in Adobe Acrobat

1. Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat.

2. Click the “Document” option on the top navigation bar.

3. Click the “Crop Pages” option.

4. Click the button labeled “Set to Zero” in the Margin Controls dialog box.

5. Click “OK.”

6. Click the “Save” icon to re-save the PDF.

Set Margins in Adobe Reader

1. Open the PDF document in the Adobe Reader PDF viewer.

2. Click the “File” option on the top navigation bar and and then click “Print.” The Print dialog box opens.

3. Click the “Print Scaling” drop-down box and then click the “None” option.

4. Click the “OK” button and then click “Print.” The PDF is sent to the printer with the margins set to zero.