PDF exportig problems from numbers: offset margins, pages missing

hi,
we are encountering some odd problems in numbers here..
first our problem was, that exporting a pages of a numbers document to a pdf with
document margins lead to an offset of the margins. The whole content was offset
and f.i. the window of an envelope didn't work.
the wrong margins even showed as fine thin lines in the preview of the pdf.
we worked around that problem by exporting the pdf via the printing menu.
NOW - since mavericks - even our workaround seems to be bugged.
It is only possible to print only one page although the document has multiple pages.
Seriously,.. this is very annoying. Since the new mavericks numbers has "NO" working Page preview,
which is essential to writing invoices out of numbers.
What happened? Can anyone help please? I am supposing this has something to do
with the Adobe-PDF engine and the Apple PDF engine.
Help much appreciated,
no page preview in numbers 3.0.1
printing only one page is possible!
checking All pages leads to exporting one page
the wrong margins that offset the whole layout even show in preview as hairlines

Hi weme,
Yes, stay with Numbers 2 for serious business.
As a matter of interest, I do not know why you can print only one page to PDF in Numbers 3.
Numbers 3.0.1 with a long table (Header Row frozen to make this a smaller screen shot)
File > Print... shows two pages
There is only one Sheet (in the spreadsheet sense) consisting of two pages (of "paper"). 'This Sheet' has the same effect as 'All Sheets'.
Click on Print.
Lower left, click on PDF and choose Open PDF in Preview
Here is Preview (zoomed out) showing two pages.
The Preview app's Print Preview:
1 of 2. Have a play with settings such as Auto Rotate and Scale to get what you want.
Numbers 2 will do what you want, but I thought this discussion would help those who are persevering with Numbers 3. (And those who do not have the option to use Numbers 2).
Regards,
Ian.

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