How to Print Acrobat Comment Summaries at 100% Size
Question details
The user needs to print a PDF document along with its summarized comments at their actual, 100 percent size without the page layout scaling improperly.
- Product
- Adobe Acrobat
- Device & OS
- not provided
- Scenario
- Reviewing a PDF document and attempting to generate a physical hard copy with all reviewers' comments attached at the accurate original scale.
- Observed behavior
- Printing a PDF with summarized comments produces unexpectedly enlarged pages, and manually selecting the "Actual Size" option in the print dialog fails to print the pages at 100 percent scale.
Ensure your printer supports the physical paper size requested by the 100 percent scale setting. Check that your PDF viewer and printer drivers are updated to their latest versions to prevent scaling conflicts.
Generate and Print a Separate Comment Summary Document
Creating a standalone summary document allows the print settings, including Actual Size, to apply correctly without dynamic layout conflicts overwriting the scale.
By default, dynamically printing a document alongside a comment pane can cause the print spooler to ignore strict scaling requests to accommodate the extra margins. Creating a dedicated summary file resolves this limitation.
Open your PDF in Adobe Acrobat and navigate to the 'Comments' pane located on the right-hand side of the interface.
Click on the options icon, represented by three dots or a small menu icon, located at the top of the Comments pane.
Choose 'Create Comment Summary' from the dropdown menu to initiate the summary layout configuration.
Choose your preferred page layout for the summary and click 'Create Comment Summary'. This workflow generates a completely new, separate PDF containing the document pages and the notes.
Open the newly created PDF file, go to 'File' > 'Print', and select 'Actual Size' under the Page Sizing & Handling section to print at exactly 100% scale.
Print PDFs and Comments at 100% Size with WPS Office
Use WPS Office's built-in PDF editor to manage, view, and print your PDF comments effortlessly. It offers flexible, accurate print scaling options, allowing you to print annotations and document text at their actual size without uncontrolled layout changes.
- 1. Open the PDF in WPS Office: Download WPS Office, open the application, and load your PDF document containing the comments.
- 2. Access Print Settings: Click on the 'Menu' in the top-left corner and select 'Print', or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + P.
- 3. Include Comments: In the Print dialog, look for the 'Print Content' dropdown menu and select 'Document and Comments'.
- 4. Enforce 100% Scaling: Navigate to the 'Page Handling' or 'Page Sizing' section and check the option for 'Actual Size' to ensure zero auto-scaling.
- 5. Print the Document: Verify your paper settings and click 'Print' to generate your perfectly scaled hard copy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does printing a PDF with comments change the page size?
Standard print commands often combine the document and comment panes dynamically. This triggers 'Shrink to fit' or 'Fit to printable area' functions by default to fit both the document text and the side comments onto a standard physical paper size, altering the scale.
Can I print just the comments without the PDF text?
Yes. When creating a comment summary inside your PDF software, you can select layout options that print only the comments, or place the comments on entirely separate pages from the document text.
Will actual size printing crop my document?
If the original digital document (especially including the newly added comment summary margins) is physically larger than the paper loaded in your printer, forcing the print job to 100 percent actual size will result in the edges being cropped.
