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Resizing report to bigger size


This may seem like a stupid question, but I've been looking everywhere to fix this problem and can't seem to find the solution.

So i have a report that is set to a landscape size: 8.5"x11" and i want to set the report to be a legal size: 8.5"x14".

I have gone to page setup and turned on no printer as well as dissociate formatting page size and i have set the page to legal and changed the dimensions to 8.5"x14".

My problem is that the change only shows up in preview mode and i am unable to move the position of the fields in my report in the newly expanded width. So i would like to know if there is a way to change the size of a report in design view or how to position fields outside of the 8.5"x11" dimensions. Or is this not possible?

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thank you.


Solution

  • Quickest answer I can give you:

    Load a PDF printer driver. My favorite is CutePDF (except I am ashamed to recommend it at the office... I usually recommend the "MyPrettyPonyPDF").

    Once this is loaded, it will look like you have an additional "printer" available. When you select the PDF Driver as printer, you'll have a large selection of add'l page sizes to choose from. The printer I have available has 13 defined paper sizes. With the CutePDF driver, I have 50 defined page sizes. The largest I see is 36in x 108in -- and when you orient that in Landscape, you can camp on it.