
I bet you'll find that it's 8.27 x 11.7 inches (or 210 x 297 mm if you've got metric units selected). I suggest that you open one of the PDF files that you've created via save as PDF and use the Inspector to look at the page size. A4 scaled to fit is 91% on my current printer, while US letter is 96% (it's not 100% because Scale to Fit assumes that the document should fit within the printer's margins, in case the content goes all the way to the edge of the PDF). If I choose "Scale to Fit" in Preview, I can tell the difference between an A4 and a US letter document by the different scale that Preview uses. Click the 'Accessibility' icon, then select 'Display' from the left menu. Preview does not use the document's image size as a basis for choosing what paper to use. Click the Apple logo at the top left of your screen and select 'System Preferences.' 2. Then go into your Templates folder and delete the old Normal.dotm file Do this by: In Finder click Go at the top and then click on Computer. If you'd prefer to work in inches rather than cm (centimeters) or vice versa, simply change the measurement system in Word's Options.

In the name section, name it as Normal.dotm2. Applies to: Microsoft Word 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows) You can easily change the measurement system units in Microsoft Word for all of your documents. In other words, it is trying to print an A4 document on US letter paper because that's what I have specified as the default paper size. In Word for Mac - Use the page setup option to create the page defaults you prefer. However, if I then open the document in Preview and choose Print, it will default to printing on my default paper size. Which application are you using? On my Mac (MacBook Pro/Retina running 10.8.2), if I open a document in Word or Pages, use Page Setup to format it as A4, and then Save as PDF, the resulting PDF document is formatted as A4.
