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?
Thanks, that worked for me. I had 2 A4 pages that were showing different widths when I combined them in a single pdf.
It's fixed now. When you choose 'MICROSOFT PRINT TO PDF, make sure you click to select SHRINK OVERSIZED PAGES. It's on the PAPER SIZING AND HANDLING section of the print box.
How the hell to go from print to save?? Sorry I do this like once every few years. I don't want to freaking print the 300 plus pages I just want the digital version all the same size.
I do this on my laptop, which is not connected to any printers. Select Print and then it will open a Save page. From then, just choose the folder you want to save the pdf, rename and done.
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!🙂
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?
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.
The thing to get into the habit of is to check the page size. In Acrobat or Reader the trick is to move the cursor down to the bottom left of the page, and the size should pop up. You can't really tell anything by looking because Acrobat will happily scale any size to fill the page.
This size is in inches or mm. All PDFs are measured this way, but it has no real relation to the size on screen. However, it is very much the size to print. If you have a piece that is 8.5 x 11 inches and cut it in half, then the print size is going to be 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Hence the importance of designing at the right finished size. Often the first clue that something is going to print badly wrong is that the pages of a document show up as different sizes on screen.
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.
I was able to do it once the way you described, but now when I save the combined PDF to Preview, it saves as individual pages. What needs to change? I've tried to save as a jpeg several different ways after combining in Acrobat.
You can change the page size of pdfs in Acrobat, there is no need to print to a new pdf, which can damage pdf functionality and is not best practice. Opening a pdf in Apple Preview can also damage a pdf. I have added a link to a related discussion, see the last post for the safest and best option (IMHO) to re-size a pdf and make all page sizes consistent, (assuming some pages don't contain crop marks and bleed).
Another good option is to place all pdf pages into InDesign, where you have good control over size, position & bleed, you can also have multiple page sizes, if needed. Export to a new pdf.
Edit, I see I already made the same suggestions years earlier in this thread.
I have a MAC - and this suggestion worked. Thank you.
I went from Adobe to Preview - then I went to "Save as PDF" from the print screen - and saved it. Then, when I opened on Adobe Acrobat - the pages were the same size.
I think Adobe has to have a simple option that lets a user click "MAKE THE DARN PAGES THE SAME FREAKIN' SIZE"
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.
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 🙂
I have Adobe Acrobat Pro, I believe 9 or 10. I received a document today in 2 pages that I need to combine into 1 page. I believe the original page was bigger than a normal size piece of paper which is why I have 2 pages. The problem is it cut the document in half and I need them side by side to be able to read the document. I know I can use the vew menu and place them side by side but I also need to email this document out for other to read. Can you help?
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