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Migrating a document to another page size

There are several ways to migrate your document from one page size to another. The easiest is probably through the Document Settings dialog.

To change page size without scaling the contents:

An ideal example is to change from US Letter size to A4 size, since usually the contents will easily fit the new dimensions:

  1. Open a US Letter sized document.
  2. Open the document settings panel. [File→Document Settings… ⌃⌥⌘D]
  3. Select the Page tab.
  4. From the Media Box popup menu select Manual Size….
  5. In the Page Setup dialog select A4 as the Paper Size and click OK.
  6. From the Align Contents pop menu select Center.
  7. Exit the Document Settings panel by clicking OK.
  8. Export to a new PDF document. [File→Export to PDF→Single File… ⌥⌘S]

Scaling the contents:

If the contents do not fit the new page size well enough (e.g. A4 sized pages usually do not map well to US Letter size without losing some of their top and/or bottom contents), it may be necessary to scale the contents. In this case you should turn on the Scale Contents and the Proportionately options before exiting the document settings dialog.

See also

Laying out Pages on a Sheet
Layout Topics