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April 26, 2012
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How to make a PDF page larger? (wider or taller than original)

  • April 26, 2012
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Is there a way to make a PDF page size larger and/or to change its proportions by ADDING space?

Note that I want to ADD white space. I do not want to crop with the crop tool, which only makes the existing page smaller.

In PhotoShop this is easily done by expanding the canvas size. You choose a dimension, select where to add the extra space and add it.

I have a book layout that is positioned incorrectly on the PDF output. It just needs to move about .25 inches but it would be a difficult job to redo the entire text block in InDesign.

Thank you

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    Correct answer George_Johnson

    In Acrobat 9, select: Document > Crop Pages > Change Page Size

    Acrobat 10: Tools > Pages > Crop > double-click page > Change Page Size

    You can select a page range too.

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    Daniel Flavin
    Daniel Flavin
    Inspiring
    April 26, 2012

    A well prepared InDesign document can accomplish  this.

    If the text frames were set to the page margins, Layout > Layout Adjustment > Enable Layout Adjustment

    Go to the master page, change the margins (Layout > Margins and Columns) and the whole document wide frames will adjust accordingly.

    FWIW

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      George_JohnsonCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      April 26, 2012

      In Acrobat 9, select: Document > Crop Pages > Change Page Size

      Acrobat 10: Tools > Pages > Crop > double-click page > Change Page Size

      You can select a page range too.

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        Mya Memories
        Participant
        January 24, 2024

        I tried your solution but it gave me an error message of "Page size may not be reduced". I'm trying to go from 8.5X11 to 8.75X11.25. Am I doing something wrong?

         

        Amal.
        Community Manager
        Amal.Community Manager
        Community Manager
        January 25, 2024

        Hi @Mya Memories

         

        Hope you are doing well and thanks for reaching out.

         

        If you are on Mac, please go through the help page https://adobe.ly/48NM5Ek

         

        If you are on Windows ,follow the steps below:

         

        1. Open the PDF, go to Print and select 'Adobe PDF' under printer

        2. Go to 'Properties' > click on Add, next to Adobe PDF page size

        3. Add custom paper page size, name the page and enter the page dimension and the unit you need > click on Add/Modify. Once done, go back to Adobe PDF page size and select your custom page.

         

         

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        Regards

        Amal

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