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Cannot create a blank A4 pdf, or alter the blank pdf to become A4.

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March 16, 2018
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Trying for a hour to create a blank A4 pdf, I simply cannot see how it can be done. Web search say make it in Word then import it but surely that's not the point. A blank A4 page should be THE easiest thing to create in a program like this.

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Correct answer try67

I can see the point if you're a developer. I actually do it a lot, but for 99% of users there's no reason to do it.

Anyway, as I said, it's possible with a script.

Did you press Ctrl+Enter, as I described? What was the result?

You can also select the code with the mouse before pressing Ctrl+Enter, to make sure it gets executed.

JR Boulay

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You should install my free abracadabraTools, among other features it adds a "New" item in Acrobat's File menu: https://www.abracadabrapdf.net/?p=972

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

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marchino76

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Thank you very much! It works

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michael_digiviz

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WoW! Srsly? JS code workaround??
It's 3 years later and there has been no UX/CX approach to resolve this absurd dilution of a Pro tool for international market?
Magic tools J-R, respect... if only Adobe designed/supported their products so well.
LoL that the OP get's directed to a newbie How To page > First step is "Open Word file" (and a 2014 doc in screen grab at that 🙂

There's a neat create Form workaround with a few steps (from 2020) detailed here also:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/how-to-create-a-blank-page-in-a4/td-p/11060082

If I was stuck in a circus and had to use ProDC v2021 - I'd be setting up a bank of templates for whenever needed.

Personally, has been a while and after a free trial browse, I won't be paying $aa$ for an unsupported B-grade "Pro"duct.
Shame, ProX & CS apps were decent tools that supported integrated workflow back in the day.

Anyway, back to editing A4 PDF on collab features with Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve.

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BhavnaNegi

Adobe Employee

Please refer to Create PDFs with Adobe Acrobat to be able to create a blank PDF.

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evocrimAuthor

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This link does NOT answer the question, but thanks for trying.

try67

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Not really, since there's no real point in creating a PDF file from scratch, so there's no built-in command to do it.

It is possible using a script, though. To do it press Ctrl+J and paste the following code into the window that opens, and then press Ctrl+Enter:

app.newDoc(8.3*72, 11.7*72);

It will create a new blank PDF file with a single A4 page. It's possible to assign this code to a menu item or a toolbar button, in case you do need to do it more often.

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evocrimAuthor

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Thanks for the response , I'm not sure why you can't see the point in creating a PDF within the Acrobat program but...

Control J opened up a Javascript Debugger window, I pasted your code app.newDoc(8.3*72, 11.7*72); but I couldn't get it to then do anything further.

Maybe we are odd here, but we all find it hard to believe that you cannot create PDFs within Acrobat.

try67

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I can see the point if you're a developer. I actually do it a lot, but for 99% of users there's no reason to do it.

Anyway, as I said, it's possible with a script.

Did you press Ctrl+Enter, as I described? What was the result?

You can also select the code with the mouse before pressing Ctrl+Enter, to make sure it gets executed.

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