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Brendan42
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3 years ago
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Export to PDF - wrong page size

Morning all, I have a report for which I've set the Canvas settings on each of the pages to enable exporting to A4 portrait (image below). However when I view the report in a browser and "Export - PD...
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    Brendan42
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the info Stephen. Those first two pages were originally created as 16:9, with widgets added to that page, then resized to 1123x794 and widgets moved/resized to fit. I wonder if that was the cause of the problem?

    I've now resolved my issue by just recreating a blank page for each one, setting to 1123x794 and copy/pasting directly from the affected pages. Deleted old pages and now they all print in A4.

     

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3 years ago

Hi Brendan42 ,

 

Reports with unusual custom page sizes may experience issues in export scenarios. For best results, consider switching to a standard page size for your report.

Referece:

Export reports to PDF - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

 

                                                                                                                                                         

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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    Brendan42
    Regular Visitor
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the info Stephen. Those first two pages were originally created as 16:9, with widgets added to that page, then resized to 1123x794 and widgets moved/resized to fit. I wonder if that was the cause of the problem?

    I've now resolved my issue by just recreating a blank page for each one, setting to 1123x794 and copy/pasting directly from the affected pages. Deleted old pages and now they all print in A4.