I have come to thoroughly hating that message.
You get this silly Activation Error: Printer not activated, error code -20. Save as PDFĮven is the page size is right for you, you may have encountered problems saving as PDF. I am assuming that no one is too dummy to get that. So after you clicked OK, PrimoPDF will open, you may have to click the icon in the lower toolbar and you can go and create your PDF. And yes, I do mean EVERY screen.ĭo NOT choose ‘Print to PDF’ – it will once again use the crappy Final Draft Converter.
If it doesn’t say ‘Letter’ yet, you can pick it from the drop down list.Īfter this you click OK in every screen. Click the properties-button to go check the page format. From the ‘Name’ dropdown, you have to choose Primo PDF. This screen dump shows the process, the red numbers correspond with the explanation below it: In the top menu, go to File and choose Print. You finished your brilliant screenplay and want to create a PDF to send it out to the world. How to create a letter size PDFĪnd here’s how this works for dummies (I include myself in this group). For all you poor (or Dutch) writers out there: it’s FREE! I found this tip on the Done Deal Professional Messageboard. Once you have installed the software, you’re ready to roll. 
The solution thenĪnother PDF converter is what does the trick. Ok, fair enough, it might be two years since I bought it, but hey I’m Dutch: I do not like to waste money. Especially not since I do not even know if this problem – my only problem with this software – is solved. I am very reluctant to spend money on an update to Final Draft 9, only a year or so after I bought 8.
It doesn’t help to change the location and timezone settings in your computer to USA. It doesn’t help to set your own printer to letter size. I tried and failed on a number of suggested or invented solutions, but found: Whether I tried it via the print window when in Final Draft or via the printer properties in my computer, I simply cannot access the settings. Whatever it is, I found it impossible to change the page properties in the PDF converter. Does Final Draft 8’s default PDF converter adopt my location on installation? Or did its settings get decided when I bought the software in a European webshop? Or when I registered it on the Final Draft site? Does Windows 8 just suck in more ways than I already thought? Is my laptop chauvinistic? Generous as I am, I am sharing it with you.įrankly, I have no idea what causes the problem. Ever tried to create a letter size PDF with Final Draft 8 on Windows 8 in Europe? Did you check the properties of your document when you opened it in the reader? Still A4? Well… there is a solution.
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