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If in the new PDF pages are too small to read on-screen without zooming, again - redo DPI adjustment, this time put a lower DPI value.

If in the new PDF images are too big - redo the DPI setting for each to a higher value. Open relevant image print control dialog box and set a suitable uniform DPI info for all the images. To avoid this, open each image in an image editor like GIMP or Photoshop. The good news is - it's only a display issue - and can be fixed easily.Īn image with a higher DPI value would display smaller in a PDF (displays at the 'print-size' of the image). While I appreciate the suggestions regarding InDesign (or even PhotoShop for that matter), I'd rather not drop $400 +/- for a program to solve a problem that a reasonable person would expect Acrobat to do itself.The page sizes are looking different in your PDF because the images were originally set to different DPI (even if images are identical HxW in pixels). I can't believe that Adobe doesn't have an option in Acrobat to address this issue. However when you print to a PDF, the file size does not change (which is one of the driving motivations for changing the page size). If you try Save As, you are not given the option to resize the page.Īlternatively, when you open the existing PDF file in Macintosh's Preview or Skim applications, you are given the option in the print dialog boxes to scale the image. Instead, choose File > Save." When you go to File > Save, it is greyed out (since you are using an existing saved PDF file). However if you choose this, another dialog box pops up stating "Saving a PDF file when printing is not supported. When you choose "Printer" (lower left corner), you get the printer's default dialog box that gives making a PDF an option. Sadly, there is no "print to PDF" option.

The Acrobat print dialog box gives the user a robust number of options to manipulate the printing of a document.

pdf is by opening up any application and using File -> Print -> PDF -> Save as PDF.Īny application, that is, except Acrobat. Unfortunately, they don't solve my problem.Īcrobat does not have a virtual printer option for a Mac operation 10.6. Thank you Gilad D, Steve and Bill for your answers.