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August 24, 2012
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How to make combined pdf pages the same size.

  • August 24, 2012
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I have combined several pages into one pdf Binder.  Although all the pages were built on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, inside the combined pdf they are different sizes on the scree.  How can I achieve continuity between all the page sizes?

22 replies

Participant
September 29, 2025

Hello - is there an explination of how to do this for 2025.  

 

I followed the path through the menu is good until we get to Scalte pages to specified size.  That option does not exist for me.  

 

Thank you, 

jean513
Participant
May 29, 2025

for mac users

preflight compresses the resolution of the 'smaller' pages. mac os > preview > print save as pdf worked for me finally! took me a hour to find this solution! paid acrobat user here!!

youtube search:
How to Make All PDF Pages the Same Size (Combined PDF, Online Free)?
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Participant
May 16, 2025

I get as far as the little blue wrench and there is no option to scale pages 😞

Meenakshi Negi
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 20, 2025

Hi courterikasmom_7777,

 

Thank you for reaching out.

 

Please use the steps suggested below:

1. In the preflight window, select the Acrobat Pro DC 2015 profile.

2. Then select the Profiles tab.

3. Click on the wrench icon.

4. Click on the Pages title for the drop-down options.

 

 

 

5. Scroll down till the option "Scale pages to specified size". 

 

 

I hope this information helps you.

 

Thanks,

Meenakshi

 

 

 

Participant
July 16, 2024

Is there a way to remove the resizing that happens in combine files to make them all the pages the same size. The 'print to pdf' option works but Acrobat Reader doesn't allow to print to pdf. Why is Acrobat so difficult and constantly changing files (sizes, rotation) when they're imported? Wasting so much time to get the files back to where they started 

Abambo
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 17, 2024

There is no resizing and no changes in rotation to the original file. What are you doing, and how are you doing that?

 

Acrobat surly allows to print to a virtual PDF printer, but it is not recommended to do so.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
Participant
August 23, 2022

Hi Friends, 

 

I lost sleep over this - it's so annoying lol. The pages are all 8.5 x 11 but the freakin images looked like they were different sizes.  

 

Here's what worked for me (on my MAC).  I emailed the document to myself. Then, I opened the attachment online, then I printed it as a PDF (save as PDF)- and then somehow the images of the pages were all the same size.   

 

Just for the heck of it, the above works also if you fill out a form and can't save it as a flattened document (bc of the security or whatever). If you do the above, it somehow works to flatten the document.   I hope this helps 🙂

ultimatemike
Participant
March 7, 2022

Looks like this has been ongoing for years! Here's what I do to fix this  problem:

 

Open the scanned document in Adobe Scan App > Tap "Modify" > Tap " Resize",
select the desired page size (for example, US Lettet Portrait)
scroll through all the pages and make sure the entire page fits into the Crop Marks for the selected page size.

When ready to save the changes hit the Check Mark √ at the top of the document.

 

Participant
May 13, 2021

I scanned my notes and and combined all pages (scanned images) using right click contextr menu and made pdf.

I opened that pdf in acrobat pro later and replaced a page (organise pages > right click on page > insert page >selected page image)

Issue - Why this replaced page size is larger than other pages (see attachment) ? 

I want to fix this. Please tell me how to do that.

[I checked the properties of pages below it and the pixel resolution is same 2040*2807]

[I made the pdf file of that single page and then inserted it but still it's larger]

 

Thanks & regards.

 

Legend
May 13, 2021

PDF pages don't have a pixel resolution, so I don't know what you checked. They have a size in "inches" or "mm", though they may not be that size on screen. Hover in the bottom left of the page and it will show you the size - and show you that these are wildly different. That will tell you what page size you need to make for the replacement page.

bdanin
Participant
November 2, 2020

I end up opening the combined file in Preview Mac Built-in App. Then go to print, and under the PDF dropdown in the bottom left, save as pdf, and this saved file has the pages as the same page, per the printer settings in Preview.

Participant
November 12, 2020

Yes this now works, using the Preview Mac Built-in App. Thanks! 

Participant
October 30, 2020

George,  I just signed up for Adobe Acrobat on my iPad. The subscription version. I am combining 2 jpegs/pdf's.  The are actually the same size as PDFs. It's a book and it's cover. I have to use the compress function on the inside of the book because it's over 104mb. After I do that, I select add a file. It adds the cover. But the cover is waaay smaller than the book and looks silly. I read your notes about click "print" and size to fit etc, but this version on the iPad, when I do that, it doesn't even offer those options, how do I resize the cover to match the book?  When I do select "print" it in fact shows the cover as being the same size as the internal pages. But the issue is, I need to send electronic versions of the book and the cover needs to be the same size in that send.  Thank you!🙂

Legend
October 30, 2020

They clearly aren't the same size or they would be the same size in PDF. Two documents may view on screen and look the same size, but that's just a chance of how they look; you need to choose the size in inches (or mm) carefully for each. This probably means going back a step to how the PDFs were made. How do you make the book, and make the cover?

Participant
October 30, 2020
I will ask my programmer today. It’s a book that is fed directly to the
printer. So the size must be the same. The only thing is, the cover is both
front and back so I am cropping it by, let’s face it, approximately half.
But even accounting for wiggle room, it’s displaying at less than half the
size when combined with the book pages.

I get what you’re saying, but, I am selling these books and sending the
files to the printer, there is no adjustment on the printers end as it’s
automated, so the file must be the same size. But I will definitely check.
Maybe something is happening when I download it.

Thank you so much!
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Participant
September 23, 2020

hello, would you help me with the fact that how can I print with fit (page sizing) without flattening of my pdf and highlights? many thanks in advance