I'm outputting a lot of PDFs for an international market, most of which are intended for print. On some of the pages the content is arranged symmetrically in the sense that, if one were to fold the paper twice, all the content would neatly be divided into four.
As such, I'm concerned with A4 and US Letter paper sizes, and I wondering two things:
1) Is there are relatively painless way to modify the page size of a document? For example, if I have a 20 page US Letter-size InDesign file containing text and graphics, can I modify the page size to A4? Obviously stuff would be a out of whack. But I'm wondering if there is a way to do this, so that all the content stays within the document, and then will be have to be moved and nudged into place… Or is the only way to achieve such an A4 version to start from scratch?
2) Is there a way or method or tool to get some grasp on A4 / US Letter printing? So that I can get a tangible sense of printing A4 on a US Letter printer and vice-versa? Will printers just conform the content to their default paper size? Or does this depend on the printer?
Is there some known “in between” document size that will output fairly well to both A4 and US Letter printers?
In short, I'm looking for a way to avoid the scenario wherein I have to create two separate documents, one A4 and one US Letter size.
I realize I'm asking a lot, and I'm happy to purchase a plugin or a script or insight, but I'm not sure where to go…