How Do I Remove Shadows around Symbols when I print to PDF?

Author: Optuma Team Last updated: Mar 21, 2019 23:24

The printing feature in Optuma automatically opens the chart in your default PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader. If your charts include symbols it is possible that ‘shadows’ or artifacts are visible, as seen around these arrows:

How Do I Remove Shadows around Symbols when I print to PDF

To remove them you will need to adjust a smoothing option in the PDF preferences. Below are instructions for Adobe:

  1. Click Edit menu and select Preferences:

How Do I Remove Shadows around Symbols when I print to PDF?

  1. From the Page Display category, uncheck the Smooth Images option and click OK.

How Do I Remove Shadows around Symbols when I print to PDF?