Wrong page size

I'm trying to print a Word 2002 document to PDF to prepare it for printing (it's the text of a book that will be printed by Lightning Source Inc). Ideally this document would be laid out in InDesign, but this is how the client wants it done. The page size is 5.83 x 8.27 inches. It's set up that way in Word and I have set that as the paper size in the printer properties of Adobe PDF. But when it prints, the page size comes out as 5.83 x 8.26 (in File/Properties). I'm concerned that the printer might reject the PDF because the dimensions are off. How can I get Acrobat (ver. 9 professional) to output the specified page size?

Hi,
Please follow these steps
Start>Devices and printers
Do a right click on the printer Icon
Printing Preferences
Paper Size: Select letter from the drop down
Paper Source: Automatically select
Paper Type: select Plain from the drop down
Apply>OK
try printing again
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
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