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how to resize margins (without resizing page contents)

Sep 7, 2011 4:27 AM

I have a pdf document which has equal left and right margins around the text. I'd like to increase the size of the left margin at the cost of the right margin on odd pages, and do the opposite on even pages. The purpose is to be able to join printed pages with some glue or other methods after printing.

 

Is it possible to do with Acrobat Pro X and how?

 

I have also additional question about the Crop tool (I am wondering if this tool could solve my problem). After choosing Tools->Page->Crop nothing happens. The documentation says:

 

"(...)Crop one or more pages

  1. Choose Tools > Pages > Crop.
  2. In the pop-up menu in the upper left corner, leave CropBox selected, and then adjust values for the Margin Controls: Top, Bottom, Left, and Right.(...)"

 

But when I click on Crop, there is no popup menu. Clicking on other options like Replace, Delete or Rotate displays a popup dialog box, but not Crop. I only see that the mouse cursor changes and I can drag a rectangle and crop. But with many pages, this would be imposible to do page by page.

1459 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: SimonATS, Sep 12, 2011 8:06 AM
 
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  • Bluefix
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    1. Bluefix,
    Sep 12, 2011 5:24 AM   in reply to Bluefix
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    Anyone?

     
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    2. SimonATS,
    Sep 12, 2011 6:27 AM   in reply to Bluefix
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    draw the rectangle and hit return to bring up the dialog

     

    or Choose Tools > Print Production > Set Page Boxes.

     

    more info in the manual:

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/pro/using/WS58a04a822e3e50102bd615 109794195ff-7b8a.w.html

     
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    3. Bluefix,
    Sep 12, 2011 7:39 AM   in reply to Bluefix
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    I can't make it work. Can someone help me?

     

    I have a pdf document ideally centered on a page.

    Then I set the following in Tools->Print Production->Set Page Boxes:

     

    Trim Box, All pages, Apply to Odd pages only -> Top, Bottom and Right margins set to 0,5 inches, Left set to 0.

    Trim Box, All pages, Apply to Even pages only -> Top, Bottom and Left margins set to 0,5 inches, Right set to 0.

     

    In the Set Page Boxes dialog box the green Trim Box shows definitely that the page should look asymmetrical.

     

    However, when I print the two subsequent pages, they are still ideally centered.

     

    So I'll repeat my original question: how to make a 0.5 inches margin on the left side of odd pages and 0,5 inches on the right side of even pages?

     
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    4. SimonATS,
    Sep 12, 2011 8:06 AM   in reply to Bluefix
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    just use the crop box and don't worry about the others

     
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