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thinkdolphinweb
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Crop Pages error - Page size may not be reduced

  • June 5, 2012
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I am using Adobe Acrobat 8 to make changes to PDF files.

In Batch Processing -- Crop Pages it will not let me add a custom size. It says that the page size may not be reduced.

I tried it two ways:

1. With a document open that was 9.5in by 10.25in. Crop Page to 10in by 10.75in to create some space around the document. Did not work. Gave me page size errror.

2. No document open. Set size to 10 by 10.75 with same page size error.

I am able do the crop under Document -- Crop Pages. Works great, but I need a batch process for this.

We created a Crop Pages process on other files and it worked just fine.

Any ideas as to why it's not working now?

Thanks!

    Correct answer

    I know this is an old thread, but in case anyone finds it with the same problem, this workaround should help.

    I wanted to increase the margins around several documents so that they would print smaller on a given paper size. Whereas I could do this on a single document using the crop tool by entering new dimensions in the Change Paper Size Custom width and height boxes, when I tried to create a new action, the dreaded 'Page size may not be reduced' warning appeared, irrespective of any actual dimensions entered.

    Here is the workaround.

    1  Open any document, apply the crop tool, and enter the required new paper size in the 'Change Page Size' custom width and height boxes. Make sure that the Page Range is correct; it can’t be changed later. Click on OK. Keep the document open without saving.

    2  Click on File>Action Wizard>Create New Action and choose Pages>Crop Pages. Click on the crop options and the settings should be as last set in 1 above. Click on Cancel, and then Save to create a new action with these settings.

    This work with Acrobat X.

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    aschlot37
    Participant
    February 20, 2015

    Thanks to all who have posted their workarounds, unfortunately none are working for me (including re-frying to postscript and redistilling with page size set. Stubborn page size won't resize!

    Adobe! This is an old problem that keeps occuring, I've been trying to get this to work so that I can batch this annoying task, and it still doesn't work. Fix it already!‌

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      Anonymous
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      May 27, 2014

      I know this is an old thread, but in case anyone finds it with the same problem, this workaround should help.

      I wanted to increase the margins around several documents so that they would print smaller on a given paper size. Whereas I could do this on a single document using the crop tool by entering new dimensions in the Change Paper Size Custom width and height boxes, when I tried to create a new action, the dreaded 'Page size may not be reduced' warning appeared, irrespective of any actual dimensions entered.

      Here is the workaround.

      1  Open any document, apply the crop tool, and enter the required new paper size in the 'Change Page Size' custom width and height boxes. Make sure that the Page Range is correct; it can’t be changed later. Click on OK. Keep the document open without saving.

      2  Click on File>Action Wizard>Create New Action and choose Pages>Crop Pages. Click on the crop options and the settings should be as last set in 1 above. Click on Cancel, and then Save to create a new action with these settings.

      This work with Acrobat X.

        astricii2013
        astricii2013
        Participant
        November 4, 2014

        Thanks so much for this! I was going CRAZY.

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        winkler.dane
        Participating Frequently
        June 6, 2012

        Is this the error?

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          thinkdolphinwebAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          June 6, 2012

          Yes!!

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          August 10, 2012

          Acrobat X Pro, Win 7.

          I have the same problem. Is it Acrobat error, or something is wrong with the document?


          Nothing is wrong, but it is very confusing.

          You CANNOT use the page size entry as shown in the screen shot to reduce the page size. So the message is perfectly true. Strangely, this function is only for increasing page size (it changes something called the "media box").

          To reduce page sizes you have to crop - that is, use the "margin controls". The bottom part of the dialog has to be set to Fixed sizes -- none. (None means "don't change").

          As you will observe, that means you cannot use this dialog in a batch to "fix" the page size on a particular value if it might have to reduce.

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