PDF Page Sizes - Large format sizes missing (Acrobat Std 11)

Question

Hi All,
We are an Architectural practice that has recently purchased a number of Acrobat Standard 11, licences. This is to supplement the 6 creative suites we already have.
We have discovered however, that Standard does not have large format page sizes available such as A2, A1, A0 etc. Why? I have installed these as standalone licences on 5 other computers to date, all with the same missing information.
The Adobe suites we have are standard and only have acrobat 9, they have these sizes, so how can a higher version have them missing?
This problem is all over the web including these forums. The latest i could find was nearly a year ago. I am hoping Adobe has created a patch to fix this problem since.
Attempts to add custom sizes to match the suites indicates they already exist! We can only create the sizes we need if we use different names, which is problematic for us as many of our settings look for this name to setup our printing.
I would appreciate any assistance in fixing this problem as
Thank you.

Answer 1

I have the same problem.  There is a reasonably good workaround.  You can permanently define as many additional pages sizes as you needed including non-standard sizes.  I have one that is 36" X 90".
Here's how  (I'm using Widows 7):
1.  From the Start Dialog, choose Devices and Printers in the lower right.
2.  On the Devices and Printers control panel right-click on Adobe PDF and select Printing Preferences
3.  On the Adobe PDF Printing Preferences dialog click the "Add" button
4.  On the Add Custom Paper Size dialog enter a name that will make sense to you like "A1" or, in my case "36 X 90"
5.  On the Add Custom Paper Size dialog select the correct unit of measure and enter the width and height
6.  On the Add Custom Paper Size dialog click the "Add/Modify" button
7.  The new size is now available in the Adobe PDF Page Size drop-down.  Select it.  Click "OK"
8.  On the Devices and Printers control panel right-click on Adobe PDF and select Printing Preferences
9.  On the Adobe PDF Printing Preferences dialog you will see that the new size is NOT selected.  Select it again.  This time it will become the current selection.  Making a paper size the current select may not be needed for all applications.
After step 6, if you open an application the new size should appear in the paper size drop-down from Print > Properties > Paper/Quality tab > Advanced button.  It may also appear in the drop-down of the Adobe PDF Setting tab.
I hope this helps.
Rich