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Jeff McKay

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Oct 12, 2007, 12:59:07 PM10/12/07
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I have programmed an application that makes simple text pdf files.
Sometimes
the source lines are very long, and that is how I leave them in the pdf.
Problem is
that Acrobat Reader does not put up a horizontal scroll bar as I would have
expected
to allow the user to see the whole line, it just cuts it off. I know that
ctrl-4 will
reflow the text so that it is visible, but is there a way to force the
reader to allow
horizontal scrolling? I would prefer to leave the source document the way
it was
originally.

Aandi Inston

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Oct 12, 2007, 1:27:01 PM10/12/07
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"Jeff McKay" <com...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have programmed an application that makes simple text pdf files.
>Sometimes
>the source lines are very long, and that is how I leave them in the pdf.
>Problem is
>that Acrobat Reader does not put up a horizontal scroll bar as I would have
>expected
>to allow the user to see the whole line, it just cuts it off.

Adobe Reader will happily provide a horizontal scroll bar to allow you
to go left and right in the page.

However, I suspect you are placing text outside the page. The page
size (media box) is rigorously enforced, there is no enlargement just
because elements happen to lie outside it.
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Jeff McKay

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Oct 12, 2007, 5:27:45 PM10/12/07
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That sounds like a reasonable explanation. So wouldn't the solution
be to increase the size of the media box? I have tried expanding it
to several thousand units in both directions, and it has no effect on the
reader's behavior. No scroll box. If you would like take a look at
an example of a .pdf file with this problem, you can download test.pdf
at ftp.comaxis.com.

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Dan Coby

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Oct 12, 2007, 6:19:43 PM10/12/07
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"Jeff McKay" <com...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:13gvpmm...@news.supernews.com...

> That sounds like a reasonable explanation. So wouldn't the solution
> be to increase the size of the media box? I have tried expanding it
> to several thousand units in both directions, and it has no effect on the
> reader's behavior. No scroll box. If you would like take a look at
> an example of a .pdf file with this problem, you can download test.pdf
> at ftp.comaxis.com.

PDF is case sensitive for its keywords. You need to capitalize the B in MediaBox.


Jeff McKay

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Oct 13, 2007, 2:25:08 AM10/13/07
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Oh for cryin' out loud... Thank you.
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