Hi,
I do not mean to change from A4 to A3 or like.
I mean to adjust the exact size of inches for a custom paper size.
The reason for asking is that I have a file that needs to be printed and it has a lot of margins, so after removing all margins using the crop pages toolboxes, I am still not satisfied but the result for the printed document, because it still has some margins, while the soft copy has no margins at all.
So I thought about having a custom page size, then printing it.
I will print it on A4 paper.
This is the page after the crop:
This is the page in print preview:
So is there any way or workaround to remove all margins and print without margins? I mean to let the printed paper page be precisely like the cropped one without margins.
The real printed paper page is exactly as shown in the preview, which is not what I am looking for.
Thanks
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Hi,
Sorry if my answer is a bit late...
If you want resize your text area manually with distorsion, you can do that importing your file in an empty A4 format file, then place it at the right position and resize it as required.
You can then print this file with the "fit" option to hold the max space of the sheet.
If your text is editable and you want to automatically resize the pages cropping the closer to the text, you can use this script from the console window or in an action wizard. It wil
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use the "Scale pages to specified size" profile. I think I duplicated and edited this profile to make the new profile "Scale pages to specified size with distortion". Duplicate and re-name the profile from the little fly-out menu "Options", when you have your new profile, click on "Edit" to change the settings.
Hi,
Here is what I did for you.
1) Open your file "1.Pages from crop.pdf" then type ctrl J to open the console window.
If the console window is not empty, click on the trash at the bottom right of the window.
2) Copy and paste the following script in the console window.
d0=new Date();
starting=util.printd("mm/dd/yy – HH:MM:ss",d0);
var found=0;
var leftAlign=100;
var topAlign=800;
var bottomAlign=25;
for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
console.clear();
console.println("Process starting: "Here is the last script I used for the book I sent you back in PM:
d0=new Date();
starting=util.printd("mm/dd/yy – HH:MM:ss",d0);
var found=0;
for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
console.clear();
console.println("Process starting: "+starting);
console.println("Processing the page #"+(p+1)+"/"+this.numPages);
if (this.getPageNumWords(p)) {
var thisPage=this.getPageBox("Crop",p);
var topAlign=780;
var bottomAlign=90;
var topLine=0;
var header="";
var bottomLine=0;
var footer=""
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Thanks a lot.
Please, I've tried to import it but failed.
I've just downloaded it and renamed it.
Hi,
Please, I am digging more and more to find desired results.
Please, and sorry for bothering you, but here is the editable copy of my PDF file:
After I do the crop for all pages, I get this result:
Which is fine and good enough for me.
Now after crop pages using Set Pages Boxes, I found some parts of pages are trimmed, which is making sense of course.
When I hit the Edit PDF option I can find all text editable, so does there is a way to move the headers inside a few inches?
Like here:
So here after I did the crop:
Now when I click on edit PDF I get everything editable, like here:
So my question is:
The area at the far top left of the page, where it says the title of the chapter and book, is an editable box that exists on all pages all over the document, so does there is any way or any profile in PreFlight settings to move the title to the right for all pages, so I can see the title after I cropped the pages?
I mean like this:
So is it doable?
I hope that I was able to express my point correctly.
This is the final result after the crop:
Which is good for me.
I do hope that you may help 🙂
Hi,
Thanks a lot for your valuable time helping me.
I guess you didn't use my scripts to crop pages.
If you want to add the header at a correct place, you will have to use a script...
Is it possible for you to share a few pages (about 20 with different chapters) of your file.
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By @bebarth
Yes, I was not able to figure out how to use the script and even YouTube videos were not helpful for me.
I am spending a lot of hours so far to figure it out, please excuse my ignorance 😞
I di appreciated the wonderful help I am getting here in the community.
The first trial to remove only the margins and I used the PreFlight to convert the trim box to crop box, is the file titled:
1. Pages from crop.pdf
And the other trial where I removed extra margins and I want to replace the title box at the top is in the file titled:
2. final Pages from crop.pdf
So you will use the 2nd file titled "2. final Pages from crop.pdf" to adjust the header.
Please, if possible you may share the steps or the technique you will follow so I can learn as this is the most important thing for me regarding this issue.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
Here is what I did for you.
1) Open your file "1.Pages from crop.pdf" then type ctrl J to open the console window.
If the console window is not empty, click on the trash at the bottom right of the window.
2) Copy and paste the following script in the console window.
d0=new Date();
starting=util.printd("mm/dd/yy – HH:MM:ss",d0);
var found=0;
var leftAlign=100;
var topAlign=800;
var bottomAlign=25;
for (var p=0; p<this.numPages; p++) {
console.clear();
console.println("Process starting: "+starting);
console.println("Processing the page #"+(p+1)+"/"+this.numPages);
if (this.getPageNumWords(p)) {
var topLine=0;
var header="";
var bottomLine=0;
var footer="";
var topChapter=0;
var chapter="";
var thisPage=this.getPageBox("Crop",p);
var leftMargin=thisPage[2];
var topMargin=0;
var rightMargin=0;
var bottomMargin=thisPage[1];
for (var i=0; i<this.getPageNumWords(p); i++) {
var q=this.getPageNthWordQuads(p,i);
var m=(new Matrix2D).fromRotated(this,p);
var mInv=m.invert();
var r=mInv.transform(q);
var r=r.toString();
var r=r.split(",");
if (Number(r[0])<leftAlign) {
if (Number(r[1])>topMargin) topMargin=r[1];
if (Number(r[7])<bottomMargin) bottomMargin=r[7];
if (Number(r[7])>topAlign) topLine++;
else if (Number(r[7])<bottomAlign) bottomLine++;
else if (!topChapter) {
topChapter++;
var theBottom=Number(r[7]);
topMargin=Number(r[1])+50;
}
}
if (topLine && Number(r[7])>topAlign) header+=this.getPageNthWord(p,i,false);
else if (bottomLine && Number(r[7])<bottomAlign) footer+=this.getPageNthWord(p,i,true);
else if (topChapter && Number(r[7])==theBottom) chapter+=this.getPageNthWord(p,i,false);
else {
if (Number(r[0])<leftMargin) leftMargin=r[0];
if (Number(r[1])>topMargin) topMargin=r[1];
if (Number(r[6])>rightMargin) rightMargin=r[6];
if (Number(r[7])<bottomMargin) bottomMargin=r[7];
}
}
this.setPageBoxes({
cBox: "Crop",
nStart: p,
rBox: [leftMargin,topMargin,rightMargin,bottomMargin]
});
var thisPage=this.getPageBox("Crop",p);
if (topLine) {
var f=this.addField("header"+p,"text",p,[0,thisPage[1],thisPage[2],thisPage[1]-22]);
f.textSize=10;
f.textFont=font.HelvB;
f.fillColor=color.white;
f.value=header;
}
if (topChapter) {
var f=this.addField("header"+p,"text",p,[0,thisPage[1],thisPage[2],thisPage[1]-22]);
f.textSize=10;
f.textFont=font.HelvB;
f.fillColor=color.white;
f.value=chapter;
}
if (bottomLine) {
var f=this.addField("footer"+p,"text",p,[0,22,thisPage[2],0]);
f.textSize=14;
f.textFont=font.HelvB;
f.fillColor=color.white;
f.value=footer;
}
found++;
}
}
if (found) {
this.flattenPages();
this.saveAs(this.path.replace(/.pdf$/i," \(Cropped\).pdf"));
df=new Date();
ending=util.printd("mm/dd/yy – HH:MM:ss",df);
temps=(df.valueOf()-d0.valueOf())/1000/60;
var theMinutes=parseInt(temps);
var theSeconds=(temps-theMinutes)*60;
var theSeconds=parseInt(theSeconds*10)/10;
var theTime="";
if (theMinutes>0) {
if (theMinutes==1) var theTime="1 minute";
else var theTime=theMinutes+" minutes";
}
if (theSeconds>0) {
if (theSeconds<2) var theTime=theTime+" "+theSeconds+" second";
else var theTime=theTime+" "+theSeconds+" seconds";
}
var theTime=theTime.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/gm,"");
var plurial=found>1?"s":"";
var txt="Process starting: "+starting+"\rProcess ending: "+ending+"\rProcess duration: "+theTime+"\r\r"+found+"/"+this.numPages+" page"+plurial+" cropped.";
console.clear();
console.println(txt);
app.alert(txt,3);
}
3) Select all this script typing ctrl A.
4) Press the "ENTER" key of the numerical panel or the corresponding combinaison of the keypad (certainly ctrl Return).
5) The script run.
Attached is the result file from your file.
Here is the positions of the margins in your original file if you try to modify them for an other book...
I hope you will understand and will be able to use and modify this script...
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...in the last screenshot, read "pts".
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