Cannot see bottom of Print Dialog box to choose Print or PDF

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Cannot see bottom of Print Dialog box to choose Print or PDF

I use the largest text on my MacBook Pro for my aging eyes. Trying to print, the dialog box is so large that I cannot choose Print or PDF at the bottom of the box. The fix for me was to go back to system preferences and make the text smaller. This fixes the problem but now my text is too small for me to use on a daily basis. I obviously don't want to have to change the text size every time I need to print. What is the fix? This was NOT an issue before I updated to Ventura 13.0.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Nov 9, 2022 12:59 PM

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Answer 1

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Wil Janssen

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Jan 15, 2023 09:46 AM in response to redrockcanyon

Thank you for this workaround, it works! But it simply is a big bug due to the new OS. @Apple: please fix, this is really annoying.

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cat-girl

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Dec 20, 2022 06:36 PM in response to redrockcanyon

Upgraded to Ventura a few days ago, and I'm having a similar issue. Trying to consolidate several PNGs into a PDF file. I usually do this by opening them all in Preview and printing to PDF from there.

Since upgrading to Ventura, I can't see the bottom of the print dialog window to choose Save to PDF.

The hack I'm using is to Export the first page to PDF, since Export to PDF only exports one page at a time. Then open the new PDF, drag the remaining images into the sidebar and save. Clunky.

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Answer 3

Dec 24, 2022 09:36 AM in response to cat-girl

Thanks for the picture.

- Click on the tiny arrow pointing downward which looks like a 'v' to the left side of the Preview options list. This closes the options list.
- If you still cannot see the PDF, Cancel and Print buttons, then click on the '>' arrow on the left side of the Media and Quality options located below the Preview options.
- Then you should be able to see the PDF, Cancel and Print buttons.

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Answer 4

Dec 21, 2022 08:48 AM in response to cat-girl

Use this work around I saw on someone else's post about this same issue:

When in Print Dialog box, near the bottom click on the little "v" next to Safari, which will close that tab.
Then click on ">" next to Layout.
The PDF option, cancel button and Print button should then appear.

Hope this works for you!

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cat-girl

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Dec 22, 2022 04:34 PM in response to redrockcanyon

Thanks. Sorry to say there is no "Safari" or little "v" visible near the bottom of the dialog box.

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cat-girl

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Dec 25, 2022 01:05 AM in response to redrockcanyon

Thanks! Just un-expanding the Preview section didn't work. I had to click the > beside Media and Quality. I don't know why that worked - makes zero sense - but it did. I don't know how you knew that, but I'm grateful for the hack.

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Answer 7

Jan 21, 2023 09:19 AM in response to redrockcanyon

So thankful for people like you to decipher these issues!! Thank you so much!!

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