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bezier_bobby
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January 3, 2017
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How can I Scale Up PDF File

  • January 3, 2017
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The problem:

I have the most current version of Acrobat Pro DC

I need to be able to take a PDF File that is 10" x 8" inches.

And then scale it up to CREATE a PDF that's 11 x 8.5  (as distinct from merely printing it on 11 x 8.5)

I cannot do this via the print menu

Thus far I cannot find any utility in Acrobat Pro that will allow me to truly scale up a PDF

Incidentally.... Here's the origin of the problem.

I need to take a PowerPoint file created at 10 x 8, then export it to PDF at a final size of 11 x 8.5

PowerPoint for Windows has the ability to rescale the pdf on export

PowerPoint for Mac does not. And right now I am using a Mac Workflow.

If anyone knows how to do this. I would be grateful for the help.

Thanks!

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sarahCSI
New Participant
January 16, 2017

I had trouble finding a solution to this in Adobe also. Finally I just took a snapshot and pasted on a Word doc in the size I needed. There, I could adjust the scale, position and margins. Then I saved as a PDF. Works great if you don't need the paper size to be any larger than 17" x 22".

Karl Heinz Kremer
Karl Heinz Kremer
Braniac
January 16, 2017

This will convert the content of your PDF page to an image, which first of all creates a much larger document, but also removes a lot of valuable information in your PDF file (e.g. you can no longer search in the PDF document). If you have Adobe Acrobat Pro, using Preflight is a much better way to scale your document - without any bad side effects.

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    sarahCSI
    New Participant
    January 16, 2017

    Point taken Karl. My solution really just works for basic docs. We use Acrobat XI Standard, not Pro.

    Karl Heinz Kremer
    Karl Heinz Kremer
    Braniac
    January 3, 2017

    Preflight in Acrobat DC Pro will allow you to do that.

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    bezier_bobbyAuthor
    New Participant
    January 3, 2017

    Heinz.

    Thank you,

    I have tried the options in Preflight.

    Mind you I am trying to take a pdf file that is 10 x 8 and make it into 11 x 8.5 so that everything is scaled UP roughly 110% -- not merely recrop a 10 x 8 file to fit "same size" on the larger page.

    Can you tell me more exactly how I would do this?

    I'd be very grateful. I did look all over the web for answers about this, did see references to "Preflight" and did explore them.

    Some of the examples seemed to involve previous versions that had options that I could not find in my Preflight panel.

    Thanks again,

    Saul

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    calebr37495694
    New Participant
    April 18, 2018

    What is your original page size? What size do you want to scale to? How exactly are you using the Preflight tool? What profile are you running? Are you creating your own profile? What values are you specifying if the profile is asking for width/height values?


    I used your directions (Scaling Page Content in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC - KHKonsulting LLC ) to create a preflight (very helpful) but it continues to stretch my second pages height for a reason I can't quite figure out.

    Otherwise I have tried using the "scale pages to specific size" pre-made preflight profile that does the exact same thing—stretches the second page.

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