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Resizing page content on 8"x11" page, so there is a larger margin

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2009-02-20 07:31:02
gksiebert
Registered: Feb 20 2009
Posts: 2

I feel that I should be able to figure out how to do this....but here goes. I have a pdf of a notebook page that was scanned in. The image takes up the whole page so there is not a margin in which I can place a page number. How can I shrink the image on the page so that there is about a 0.5-1 in margin around the document?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0, Windows
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2009-02-23 12:43:21
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ExpertTeam
Registered: Sep 24 2005
Posts: 252
Hello

A bit of a cheat as such but why not use the CROP PAGES command (Advanced / Crop Pages) and manually enlarge the paper size by xx. Then add your footers and when the document prints, ensure you have the default 'fit to printer margins' selected.

Besides that, you might want to print the PDF to the Adobe PDF printer with a scaling command and then crop out the page as above?

It's all a little fiddly but possible.

For advanced page size reduction I actually use Enfocus Pitstop Pro - it has loads of features based on content repurposing.

All the best,

Jon

I've been using Acrobat since v1.0 and still get amazed by its power. An Acrobat ACE since 1999

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2009-04-01 06:14:27
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That70sHeidi
Registered: Apr 1 2009
Posts: 3
The crop pages suggestion doesn't seem to work (Acrobat 9 Standard) because it won't accept a number less than 0.

However, you could probably use Appearance Options in the Header/Footer screen to "Shrink Document." Acrobat really does a great job of shrinking without loss of clarity.

I'd like to figure out how to shrink a page to add a custom stamp to pages our employees save off the internet. It would be great if the Shrink Document could be a main option instead of a subset of Header/Footer.


Editing to add: Apparently you can use the Header/Footer > Appearance Options > Shrink Document with a BLANK header/footer! I set my Header to be 1.5 and was able to add a Stamp at the top in the white space.I was also able to go in and add a second Header that counts pages, and discovered that when you initially shrink your document, as long as your subsequent Header/Footer does not touch the text, it will not further shrink the document. I was able to insert my page numbers at 1in from the top, 2in from the right, and my main document stayed put.
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