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Adjusting text when changing book size.

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    • September 21, 2011 at 7:12 am #60578
      pb1313
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      Hello!

      I am new to InDesign (using CS4) and I have a job to do that I need a little help with. I need to convert a hardcover book (5.5″x8.25″) to a paperback (5.1875″x7.625″) and keep all the same page numbers, line breaks, etc. I have figured out how to scale the pages and images with layout adjustment, but I am not sure how to adjust the text to keep everything looking the same. If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it!

      Thanks!

    • September 21, 2011 at 9:21 am #60580
      Anonymous
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      The only thing that should change size is the cover?

    • September 21, 2011 at 4:10 pm #60582
      pb1313
      Member

      Thanks for responding! However, in this case, everything needs to be sized down- the images, the text, everything.

    • September 22, 2011 at 1:33 am #60585
      Rhiannon Miller
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      If they do genuinely want you to scale down the text and images, rather than just trimming a little bit off the margins (which seems a bit odd to me, but then clients do request the strangest things), wouldn't you be better off scaling down the entire PDF as a whole in Acrobat? Print the file from Acrobat as a PDF and set your desired paper size in the print dialog box. I can explain how to do that on a Mac if you need me to; I assume it would be similar on Windows.

      (Forgot to mention: this doesn't work in the latest versions of Acrobat, which don't allow you to print to PDF.)

    • September 22, 2011 at 8:54 am #60586
      pb1313
      Member

      Thanks! I'll give that a try!

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