Reduce page size of PDF

[jmt111]

I am using Adobe Acrobat X Pro. I am usable to run OCR (recognize tex) in my PDF becuase it is larger than the maximum allowed size of 45 inches by 45 inches. How do I reduce the page size?

[Luke Jennings3]

You can run an Acrobat preflight fixup to reduce the size (I think this was available in Acrobat X). Tools> Print Production> Preflight> Fixups. Another option is to place your PDF into an InDesign file, scale it, export to a new PDF (do not downsample).

[jmt111]

I do not see any reference to "Scale pages" in Prefligth | PDF fixups. Is there another place it would be?

[Luke Jennings3]

I don't have Acrobat X, so I can't say if it exists, do you see a search area in the Preflight panel? if so, type in Scale. If you take a screen shot of your preflight panel, that might jog my memory.

[Bernd Alheit]

It is a new feature. May be not available in old versions.

[Dov Isaacs]

The ability to scale pages and/or content within a page was added to Acrobat Pro DC Preflight well after Acrobat 10 was current and supported. We actually do add functionality over time. 🙂

[try67]

In Acrobat X it was not possible to do it using the Preflight tool. You would to use a script to do it, or to "re-fry" the the files (print them to a new PDF), although that latter option should be avoided if possible.

I've created two (paid-for) tools to scale PDF files, one to do so proportionally and another non-proportionally. You can find them here:

https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-scale-pdf-pages

https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-scale-pdf-pages-non-proportionally