Is it possible to enlarge the contents of a PDF?

[1106design]

I need to enlarge 1,600 PDF book pages by 106% and then crop them to 5.5" x 8.5". Is there a quicker way to do this than importing every page into InDesign, resizing them one by one, and making a new PDF? 

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

If you are on Windows, you will still have the Adobe PDF print driver. You can print to it from Acrobat by changing the scale to 106%. This will change the content but not the original page size.

If you want to make the page size larger, you can use the Adjust Page Size options under the prepress tools.

If you want to make the page size smaller, you can use the Crop tool. Then you can "sanitize" the document to remove any hidden text if necessary.

In InDesign, you can use the place multi-page PDF script, print to the 106% size, crop in Acrobat.

[1106design]

Thanks, David. I'm on a Mac. After importing the PDF pages into InDesign, I don't see a setting to Export the document to PDFx at 106%.

Is there a way to enlarge the PDF pages by 106% before I import them into InDesign? 

Thanks.

[coulter30056813ierx]

If you have adobe acrobat pro, you can use the following steps to resize and crop multiple pages of a PDF more 

efficiency : 

1. Open your PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
2. Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Edit PDF."
3. In the right-hand pane, click on the "Edit" button to enter the editing mode.
4. Select the first page you want to resize and crop by clicking on it.
5. Go to the "Format" panel on the right-hand side and click on the "Set Page Boxes" button.
6. In the "Set Page Boxes" dialog box, adjust the values for the "Width" and "Height" to the desired size (5.5" x 8.5") and click "OK."
7. Repeat steps 4-6 for each page you want to resize and crop. 
8. Once you have adjusted all the pages, go to the "File" menu and select "Save" to save the changes.

By using this method, you can resize and crop multiple pages simultaneously without having to import them into InDesign individually. It allows for a more efficient workflow when working with a large number of pages in a PDF document.

[1106design]

Thanks for your answer, Coulter. For this project, the PDF page size doesn't matter. I need to enlarge the content by 106%. With 1,600 pages to process, my hope is that there is a faster way to do this than importing the pages into InDesign and resizing each one. TIA. 

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS · Accepted solution]

Enlarging the page does not enlarge the content. 

Check out this site:

https://www.pdf2go.com/resize-pdf

[1106design]

THANK YOU, DAVID! This works perfectly and has saved countless hours of time! How can I reciprocate?

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Two things...

1. Mark any answer or answers that were correct (from the viewpoint of your question).
2. Pass it forward.

[1106design]

At PDF2Go.com, using the custom size dialog to enlarge the page does enlarge the content. There's no box to enter a percentage, but if you calculate this ahead of time and enter the enlarged page size, the desired result is accomplished.