Resizing pages

I just wrote previous post and just came up with a simpler solution!

1. Open Pages and select all the pages you want to resize.

2. Then click on Layout - Liquid Layout - and again make sure Liquid Page Rule is set to Scale.

3. Go to Document Setup... and change the Page Size to the new size. Bingo.

I was having same problem - I needed to resize a bunch of posters from 24" x 36" to postcard size - 4" x 6".

Proportions are the same - sounds easy. Manually resizing every page, is literally, a drag.

So when I did not find an answer online - I started poking around InDesign - and I discovered a solution.

Btw, I'm using a Mac.

Save your original file. Rename the file including new size info. This will be your resized file.

Open the Pages window. Click on the Menu (three horizontal lines in upper right corner) and then click on Create Alternate Layout...

Create Alternate Layout...window opens. Name your new layout, choose All Pages, set your page size and orientation.

Now most importantly - make sure in the Liquid Page Rule dialog box that Scale is checked.

Click OK. The entire document will now be duplicated at the new size.

You can now select all of the original sized pages - click on the first original page and shift-click on the last - and they will highlight.

Click on the trash can at the bottom of the Pages window and erase those pages leaving only the new resized pages.

Now go to File - Document Set-up - and change the Paper Size to the new dimensions.

You might need to finesse somewhat if you are working with bleeds.

Worked for me - best of luck.

And there's my paid solution: QuickResize | Id-Extras.com

This will resize your entire document, and everything that's in it, to a smaller size, so you'll have a new, fully-editable InDesign document at a smaller size.

The thing is, the proportions of the new document compared to the larger one are not identical, so either there will be more bigger margins, or you will anyway need to go page-by-page adjusting things.

Ariel

If your final destination is PDF file, you can also print it to PS using scaling to produce PDF via Distiller.

Original document size:

Print settings:

Final pdf output:

Though it's a quick & dirty way, the page's width-height proportions change significantly.

— Kas

var myDoc = app.documents[0];
myDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.pageOrigin;
var myPage = myDoc.pages;
var docWidth = myDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var docHeight = myDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight;
docHeight = myDoc.documentPreferences.pageHeight = 600;
docWidth = myDoc.documentPreferences.pageWidth = 500;
for(var i = 0; i < myPage.length; i++){
    var mytxtf = myDoc.pages.textFrames;
    var left = myDoc.pages.marginPreferences.left;
    var right = myDoc.pages.marginPreferences.right;
    var top = myDoc.pages.marginPreferences.top;
    var bottom = myDoc.pages.marginPreferences.bottom;
    for(var j = 0; j < mytxtf.length; j++){
        mytxtf.geometricBounds = [top, left, (docHeight - bottom), (docWidth - right)];
        }
    }

Hi,

Check if using Liquid and alternate layouts in InDesign helps you out.

-Aman