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saving a scaled pdf (not printing)

New Here ,
Oct 11, 2016 Oct 11, 2016

After searching around unsuccessfully, I suspect this is not possible in Acrobat, but I want to make sure before I give up.

I have a pdf file with internal hyperlinks:  you click on one, and it takes you to another part of the document.  I would like to save this original.pdf so to another scaled new.pdf, say at 120% of the original file's size, making the fonts larger and the margins smaller, while also preserving the hyperlinks.  If I open new.pdf in any reader (not just Acrobat), it should be properly scaled. 

Scaling is available in the print dialogue, but I don't want to print or print to a pdf, as it breaks the internal links.

Is there any way in Acrobat to save a pdf as another scaled pdf, without printing?  Thanks.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 12, 2016 Oct 12, 2016

Scaling pages in a PDF is indeed tricky. It can be done using a plugin or a script, like this one I've created (it will also scale any form fields, links or comments in the file, to match the new size): Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Scale PDF Pages

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New Here ,
Oct 12, 2016 Oct 12, 2016

Thanks for your reply.  I hope to find a solution without buying another plug-in, but we'll see.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 12, 2016 Oct 12, 2016

Possible with the Preflight Tool of Adobe Acrobat DC Pro.

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New Here ,
Oct 12, 2016 Oct 12, 2016
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Thanks.  I am using Acrobat XI.  Acrobat XI has preflight, but no scaling options.

I also have Acrobat DC, which apparently has a scaling option under preflight.  But DC always crashes after a minute or so on my Mac OSX 10.11.1, and I have not found the solution yet.

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