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How to change pdf page size using Acrobat DC

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February 10, 2016
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Easy way to change pdf document page size from US Letter to A4

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Correct answer denise_O_o

I'm never sure why Adobe never tells you how to do this since it's right in the application. Use the Print Production tool. Click that, then click Preflight. Under the Profiles tab, be sure you're toggled to Pages. Now here's the trick - you'll see 3 little icons next to the Show All tab. Click the Wrench!! Scroll down and you'll see "Scale pages to specified size (Scales all pages of the PDF proportionally to entered value (fit from the inside and add white space)."
Click on the Edit flag. In the fixup category you should be on Pages, Type of Fixup is Scale pages.
Choose the short edge and put in the new size you want. For example, if you're scaling from 34x22 down to 17x11, the short edge is 11, the long edge is 17. Apply to all pages. Or conversely, I was scaling UP 10x5.63 to 17x11. Short edge is 11, long edge is 17. For the adjustment I chose Fit from inside. It took my art and scaled it up from the center to fill the new 17" completely, on the short side it filled the top and bottom with white.

If I were scaling from the 34x22 to 17x11, I would adjust it to "Fit from outside (scale page edges proportionally). It would essentially scale the file at 50%.
Once you find this and work with it, you'll never have to rebuild a file again (as long as you're ok with some white space on a side that can't fill proportionally.

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traceykendrick

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My newspaper size is 10x21; however when I pdf the page, it is 11x22...how do I get it stay at 10x21 inches?

Tracey

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CRAIG M5E05

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This is going to sound odd, but you can do it in Microsoft Word. Copy the image from Acrobat and paste into a Word document set up for A4 sizing. Then F12 (save-as) and save as a PDF. Then re-insert/combine into your original PDF. Absurd that Microsoft Word can do it but Acrobat can't, but here we are.

Sometimes you can go to tools > organize & then right click > crop pages, but it usually brings up a "Cannot resize page" error.

And before one of the "experts" chimes in with the preflight option for the 15th time in this thread, it doesn't work for what most of us are trying to do, which is edit individual pages from a multi-page document.

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wenqiaol81493413

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Thanks, this is very helpful! I just want to make a small but very important amendment: it's true that there's no "scale page" option in the versions after 2019. But, you can choose the "adobe pro DC 2015 profiles" from the dropdown menu at the top. Problem solved!

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sonutr5

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to convert all pages in same size in singe click

Follow these steps in Adobe Acrobat:

1. Tools

2. Organize Pages

3. Right click first page

4. Crop Pages

5. Apply edits in "Change Page Size" and/or "Page Range" boxes

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nicolew11290835

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You can also open this in Preview on a Mac, or another basic PDF application, where you will get the option to print to PDF. Scales everything down automatically.

Bernd Alheit

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Printing will remove all interactive features of the file.

denise_O_oCorrect answer

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I'm never sure why Adobe never tells you how to do this since it's right in the application. Use the Print Production tool. Click that, then click Preflight. Under the Profiles tab, be sure you're toggled to Pages. Now here's the trick - you'll see 3 little icons next to the Show All tab. Click the Wrench!! Scroll down and you'll see "Scale pages to specified size (Scales all pages of the PDF proportionally to entered value (fit from the inside and add white space)."
Click on the Edit flag. In the fixup category you should be on Pages, Type of Fixup is Scale pages.
Choose the short edge and put in the new size you want. For example, if you're scaling from 34x22 down to 17x11, the short edge is 11, the long edge is 17. Apply to all pages. Or conversely, I was scaling UP 10x5.63 to 17x11. Short edge is 11, long edge is 17. For the adjustment I chose Fit from inside. It took my art and scaled it up from the center to fill the new 17" completely, on the short side it filled the top and bottom with white.

If I were scaling from the 34x22 to 17x11, I would adjust it to "Fit from outside (scale page edges proportionally). It would essentially scale the file at 50%.
Once you find this and work with it, you'll never have to rebuild a file again (as long as you're ok with some white space on a side that can't fill proportionally.

denise_O_o

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Oops. Forgot to say, to run this after entering your number, click the little Fix wrench in the lower right corner.

You may need to experiment a bit to get exactly what you want, but it's well worth it.

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Shadia5EDA

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THANK YOU SO MUCH! this was quite a frustrating process but your instructions worked to the T. How can I make this answer go to the top?

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DavidCastello

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Ok, I work in AEC and this was always an issue. I finally found a good way to rescale large-format sheets (i.e. Arch D) to say, 11x17.

1. Open the subject file that you wish to reduce in size.

2. Go to 'Print' the page and select Adobe PDF.

3. Deselect "Choose paper source by PDF page asize"

4. Go to 'Page Setup' and select the size you wish to reduce the sheet to. For me it is usually always to 11x17 or 12x18. Select orientation as required.

5. Use the 'Fit' option in Page Sizing & Handling or other scaling means to get the size you want. I have to use custom scale often to maintain proportions of scaled plans, but that's just me.

6. Select Print, and oyu will be prompted to the save dialog box. Save your file and it should be at the new size you specified.

Hope this helps!

David Castello

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Bernd Alheit

Community Expert

Printing to Adobe PDF is a bad idea.

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Alejandro264154306q7b

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Why is it a bad idea?

Karl Heinz Kremer

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Here is infornation about how to use Preflight in Acrobat DC Pro to scale pages: Scaling Page Content in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC - KHKonsulting LLC

To use the crop tool, you need to use two steps: you have to enlarge the page first and the crop it down to the target size. The problem is that Letter is wider, but shorter than A4, the change page size only works if both new sided are at least the original size, in this case, one side would be smaller. In the first step, you size the pages to the height of an A4 page and the width of a letter page, and in the second step you crop the page to the target A4 size.

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pnoyes

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I have a similar problem.

I'm using Acrobat Pro XI in Win 10. I started with double pages in one PDF file. As I cropped them into single pages I saved them in separate files. Then I combined them into one file, figuring I would put the pages in their proper order in the thumbnail column. Everything looked fine in the thumbnail column but in the editing column some of the pages were much smaller than the others. I fooled around in the crop mode but nothing stayed the way it should. When I enlarged the page to 8.5"x11" the text stayed the same smaller size. I closed the file and reopened it later and all the pages were aligned in the same size, with the text filling the page they way it was originally. Don't know why but I'll take it. So I attached the file to an email and sent it. The recipient said the pages were all different sizes. I opened the file again and there was the same problem; pages of different sizes.

I'm out of solutions. Any thoughts?

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damond57764072

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Under edit PDF find the crop tool. Draw a box around your page, doesn't matter what size, and hit enter. In the dialog box that opens on the bottom left is Change Page Size. Select custom and change the page to the size you desire.