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How to make combined pdf pages the same size.

Community Beginner ,
Jul 26, 2016 Jul 26, 2016

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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?

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Mentor , Jul 28, 2016 Jul 28, 2016

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

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Guide , Oct 03, 2018 Oct 03, 2018

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.

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Guide ,
Oct 03, 2018 Oct 03, 2018

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You can select one of the existing preflights, duplicate it, and edit it to make it do what you need.

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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This was so helpful, Luke. Thank you so much!

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Explorer ,
Feb 24, 2021 Feb 24, 2021

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This is the actual solution. THANK YOU. 

Kinda crazy adobe makes this so hard to find.

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New Here ,
Nov 02, 2021 Nov 02, 2021

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Thank you.  This is ridiculously complicated but glad it worked. 

 

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New Here ,
Feb 11, 2024 Feb 11, 2024

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where is little flyout menu

 

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Community Expert ,
Feb 11, 2024 Feb 11, 2024

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options fly-out.png

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New Here ,
Mar 25, 2021 Mar 25, 2021

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This has been so helpful thank you 😊 

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New Here ,
Jun 02, 2021 Jun 02, 2021

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Excellent response, thanks so much. I had to change it to 'Acrobat Pro DC 2015 Profiles' menu at the top centre (green library icon) to find the Scale pages option.

So happy this worked 🙂

 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 03, 2018 Oct 03, 2018

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What version of Acrobat do you have?

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 03, 2018 Oct 03, 2018

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I assume I have the latest version, I downloaded it from Creative Cloud

last week.

How do I duplicate one of the page fixes as you suggested above (so that I

can make it do what I want it to do)

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 03, 2018 Oct 03, 2018

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okay, I duplicated and instructed a 6 x 9 page size and then applied it to

all pages and it did not work. In the case of one page out of the 100, it

shrunk the page to 4 x 6 ... other pages are still uneven .... so ... ????

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2018

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I agree that this is ridiculous! I am finding none of the recommended options (when I switch to Adobe Acrobat DC 2015 Profiles, I only have two "scale" options--they only related to A4 sizing and I don't see how to edit them). I have to turn to Mac Preview to do this every time I need to, and I lose my bookmarks--I want to scream!!!! This is such a simple file manipulation, I don't see why it's not more of a priority.

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2018

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I finally found instructions on where to find more scaling options here: RESIZE PDF . It is still WAY too complicated. I'm begging for a better solution!!

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New Here ,
Jan 29, 2022 Jan 29, 2022

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Goodness why don't they just have a tab for that?!

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New Here ,
Nov 14, 2018 Nov 14, 2018

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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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New Here ,
Sep 14, 2019 Sep 14, 2019

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yes .. thanks for the solution

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New Here ,
Jun 22, 2020 Jun 22, 2020

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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.

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New Here ,
Aug 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021

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YOU ARE MY HERO!!!

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New Here ,
Jan 29, 2022 Jan 29, 2022

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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.

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New Here ,
Oct 25, 2022 Oct 25, 2022

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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.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 26, 2022 Oct 26, 2022

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What OS? macOS is different from Windows OS. 

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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New Here ,
Jan 30, 2022 Jan 30, 2022

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Cool thanks!!!

That worked pretty good. It placed it page on a visible white background but still that's a lot better than every page a completely different size 

 

Thanks again for sharing!!!

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New Here ,
Jul 18, 2023 Jul 18, 2023

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Thank you for sharing ! Excellent solution ! 

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 29, 2023 Sep 29, 2023

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This solution still works today.  THANK YOU.

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Jan 25, 2024 Jan 25, 2024

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YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!! Thank you

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