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How to make combined pdf pages the same size.

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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?

Correct answer JR Boulay

Read this post below : https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-make-combined-pdf-pages-the-same-size/m-p/8461145#M25557

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geoff-222

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I am making a .pdf in Acrobat DC from combined .jpg images of documents photographed with an iphone. How can I format the .pdf so that all the pages are letter size?

Luke Jennings3

Community Expert

You could use an Acrobat preflight fixup to specify the page size (Tools> Print Production> Preflight> Fixups (blue wrench icon), type "scale" in the search field. You can also duplicate and re-name the existing preflight and then edit it to access more options.

Another option would be to create a multipage InDesign file, place the images into each page, cropping and re-sizing as needed, then export to a new PDF.

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jackyw6853538

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I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!!! For anyone whom the above does not work for....

I too have spent hours on this over the past 2 years scouring the internet for a solution to this annoying situation. Using the suggestions above with regards to going to Print and then selecting 'Print to Adobe PDF' (did not work for me, said 'invalid parameter??) I have tried a few other things and found one that works!

Go to Print and selected 'MICROSOFT PRINT TO PDF', save with a new file name. Then open it and TA-DA!!!!

Hope this works for you too!

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notagain1234

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yes .. thanks for the solution

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l.rtm

Participating Frequently

I have wasted so much time trying to figure this out. When I select Print (to my printer, I don't see an option to Print to Adobe Printer), I then go through the process of selecting my page size in properties and then chose Fit to Page and then there is no way to save this configuration and the page sizes in my document remain all slightly different. I am using Windows 10.

Please advise this is a huge problem and Acrobat should have a more straight forward way to address this problem.

BTW, I have no interest in printing or having anyone else print this document, I want it to be a PDF file with pages of all one size for consistency. Otherwise it looks unprofessional.

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l.rtm

Participating Frequently

I want the page size to be A5 or somewhere in the neighborhood of 6" x 8.5"

Luke Jennings

Inspiring

You can do this with Acrobat Pro.

Go to Tools> Print Production> Prefilght> FixUps (blue wrench icon)> Pages.

Select Scale pages to specified size

Go to the little fly-out menu and duplicate the prefilght, give it a new name.

Click on Edit, to change the desired final trim size and the method used to get to this size (scale, white border, etc.)

Click on Fix to apply the change.

johnk39482450

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Printing to PDF instead of using the Combine feature in Acrobat has fixed the issue, and reduced the overall file size as well. Thank you!

johnk39482450

New Participant

I don't think the following question was answered in this thread: What if I am combining PDF files of different page sizes? For example:

Doc1 (created from a Word file) + Doc2 (image scanned at high resolution) = Doc3 (now contains vastly different page sizes)

I'm using Acrobat Pro DC's combine files feature. Printer settings in Word shouldn't make a difference in the final output. I would expect the solution to be in Acrobat, but I'm just a caveman.

Thanks!

Thom Parker

Community Expert

So you would like to scale the PDF pages to the same size? or do you mean you want to just expand the page boundaries?

You can use the crop tool, or write a script to set the page boundaries. But scaling is a different issue. One way to do it is to print to PDF. The printer settings will force the pages to all be scaled to fit on to the specified paper size.

I believe my answer here is the same as the response marked as the correct answer.

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whokazoo

New Participant

Thanks! This was the simple solution. I had scanned a signature page and added it to an existing document. The Scanned page was much larger than the existing document pages and the only way to make all the pages the same size was to Print to Adobe PDF and check the fit box instead of actual size box, in the print to Adobe PDF screen.

Now, how to figure out how to scan pages in as the same size as the document I'm adding the scanned page to, that would preclude this need to print to adobe pdf again.

Thanks for the solution, @George Salnik!

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davidk9149604

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"Print to Adobe PDF is not supported use 'save as'"

JR Boulay

Community Expert

""Print to Adobe PDF is not supported use 'save as'""

This is true for Mac computers only, since Apple locked virtual print services.
No problem with Windows.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

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Darren38643215nptv

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So many different functions don't work for this or that device and platform. It's been so many years of Adobe Acrobat and we're still having to choose between functionality for one platform versus another to make Themis legacy software work as it should.

Get it together Adobe!

Luke Jennings

Inspiring

Do any of the pages have crop marks and/or bleed? The trim size for all of the pages might be 8.5x11, but the pages with crop marks will have a larger media box, and look larger on screen. In Acrobat, you can go to Tools> Print Production> Preflight> (select the wrench icon for changes)> Pages> Set Crop Box to Trim Box.

You can also place all of the pages into InDesign and export to a new PDF at the desired size.

You can go to File> Document Properties> Initial View> Magnification to select a desired magnification when the PDF is opened, however it won't force different sized pages to appear to be the same size.

If you are sending your PDF to a commercial printer, be sure to include bleed on your PDF, if needed.

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Team5CD7

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Hey Luke,

thwnk you so much for this detailed answer! I have it installed on an iPad. I cannot find "tools" nor is there an option if I select print to "print Adobe PDF". Are your instructions not valid for an iPad set up? Thank you so much!

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Brainiac

Preflight is in Acrobat Pro. Only on macOS and Windows.

Adobe PDF printer is Windows only.

The facilities on iPad are very limited by comparison.

Geоrge

Brainiac

Print to Adobe PDF with "fit" (uncheck from "actual size") in print settings.

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner