How to resize PDF to A4 on Windows and Mac (Step by Step Guide)

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Resizing PDF to a4 is very difficult. You probably use it the wrong way.
Have you ever printed out a PDF file only to see that the paper size was all wrong and your text looks compressed and nearly unreadable? In this video, we will show how to convert PDF to A4 so you can print your document without worrying about whether it will fit on standard A4 printer paper. (Both Windows and Mac)

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⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Two ways to resize PDF to A4 in Windows
1:13 How to convert pdf to A4 (Acrobat user guide)
2:27 How to resize PDF to A4 (PDFelement user guide)
3:21 Pro tips on PDFelement - Change the size of a particular PDF page to A4 rather than all the pages in the document
5:07 How to fit pdf to a4 on macOS
5:47 How to resize any PDF into the dimensions appropriate for printing
7:11 Resize just one or a few pages of PDF
8:00 Q/A- More tips about PDF resize to a4
9:56 Wrap up

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hi i'm aaron and i've got something
really exciting and useful to share with
you in today's video
so you know how you sometimes create a
pdf but don't really know what size it
is have you ever like tried to print out
a pdf file only to see that the paper
size was all wrong and your text looks
compressed and nearly unreadable or all
your images are kind of like out of the
frame now a lot of our users have faced
the same issue so today i'll tell you
exactly why this happens and how to
resize pdfs to a4 and other standard
page size formats so you never have to
deal with this problem ever again so are
you ready to get started i certainly am
[Music]
hey again our video today is about how
to convert a pdf to a4 so you can print
your document without worrying about
whether it will fit on standard a4
printed paper and i'm going to show you
how to do this on windows as well as mac
os
so let's begin with a couple of
professional tools for windows we have
adobe acrobat and pdf element
[Music]
so if you're a loyal adobe acrobat user
you'll want to learn how to do a pdf
resize to a4 quickly and that's exactly
what i'm about to show you right now so
step one after you launch acrobat open
the file that you want to resize step
two now call up the print dialog using
control p
or clicking on file and then print step
three under the printer look for either
microsoft save to pdf
or adobe pdf printer either one of these
will work and step four on the bottom
left corner click on page setup and
select a4 from the drop-down list for
the size parameter step 5 click ok to
return to the print dialog and then hit
the print button
choose your destination folder where you
want to save the file and for adobe
users this is the simplest way to resize
pdfs to a4 or any other standard or
custom dimensions but if you're looking
for something more well keep watching
[Music]
so one of the reasons why i work closely
with the wondershare pdf element team is
that their product not only makes pdf
tasks really easy but also offers
multiple ways to perform them the easy
way to change pdf size to a4 is to do it
through the printer dialogue so step one
is to launch pdf element and click open
files to import the pdf document that
you are working with open up the printer
dialog by clicking on the print icon you
can also go to file
and print or just press ctrl p step two
under printer choose wondershare pdf
element and step three finally change
the page size drop down selection to a4
and hit print and you're done and as a
bonus i have a pro tip for you if you
only need to change the size of a
particular pdf page to a4 rather than
all of the pages in the document then
there's an easy way to do this in pdf
element for windows essentially this is
what the output might look like when you
only change the size of one page in a
pdf file the first page as you can see
has been orientated to portrait and
resize to a4 while the other pages
remain the same on the other hand using
the easier print method will do this to
your file but you may not want that
because it affects the content layout of
all the other pages so how do we resize
just one pdf page to a4 and leave the
others untouched well let's take a look
step one first open your file in pdf
element click the page tab at the top
and then the page boxes options in the
toolbar ribbon step 2 this will open a
new window where you'll see this icon
click that to reveal the page range and
change page size tabs
step 3 in the page range tab select
range
and enter the page numbers of the pages
you want to resize
step 4. now move to the change page size
tab
select fixed size and choose a4 from the
page sizes drop-down lists
and step 5 click apply at the bottom of
that window and the page that you
specified will be resized to a4 you can
now hit save to modify the original
or save as to make a new copy so we've
covered windows but what about resize
pdf to a4 solutions for mac os users
mac users can take advantage of the
flexible and feature-rich pdf element
version for mac os so to resize pdf2a4
for printing and other purposes follow
these simple steps step one open the
file in pdf element for mac using the
open icon on the welcome page
step two click on file and then print to
access the print dialog
step three choose a4 in the page size
drop-down list and then click apply and
that's it
[Music]
alright so we've looked at various
scenarios on both mac and windows but
what if you don't need to resize a pdf
to a4 but need a completely different
size for say posters printing instead of
wasting time on a bunch of videos that
don't show you the right way to resize
pdfs just watch this one the steps are
super simple and will be very useful for
future use right so step one is to open
the pdf file in pdf element using the
file and open option step two trigger
the print dialogue using ctrl p the
print icon or from the file menu
step 3 choose wondershare pdf element as
your printer and click the gear icon to
open the properties window step 4 go to
the paper quality tab and click on
advanced
step five in the new dialog box choose
post script custom page size in the
paper size drop down menu
step six you can now hit edit to modify
the custom page size
step seven enter the desired dimensions
in the corresponding fields
and step eight click ok in each dialog
to go back to the print dialog
and finally step nine is to just click
print and save the resize pdf with a new
name
so in case you need to do this for just
one page or a few pages of your pdf you
can use the page boxes method i
explained earlier step one first open
your file in pdf element click the page
tab at the top and then the page boxes
options in the toolbar ribbon and click
on this icon here and go to the change
page size tab
step 3 click the radio button next to
the custom
then enter the dimensions below that
step 4 click apply to go back to the
main print dialogue where you'll see
your changes
and step 5 finally you can now hit save
to modify the original or save as to
make a new copy
[Music]
okay well i get a lot of great questions
from pdf element users that you might
have as well so let's do a quick you ask
we answer session next
so the first question is how do i set
the size of a page to make it smaller
than the original one well that's a
great question you can use this using
the crop function in the print dialog
box
so you can do this just by going to the
page tab on the top
select page boxes
you can choose between the fixed and
custom sizes or you can see the preview
of the pdf with the crop box around it
on the right side here which you can
move the edges or corners of the crop
box to get the right size then simply
click apply and save the file using one
of the available print to pdf options so
next question is there an option for
various page sizes in pdf and yes there
is you can scale the pages to 100
so once again go over to the page tab
and hit page boxes and click on this
icon for the advanced settings
you can then select custom in the change
page size tab and enter the required
dimensions
next go to the page range tab and set
that to all pages click on apply and
you're done okay and the next question
is is there a typical or standard size
for a pdf page and no there is no
typical size but the most commonly used
size you know globally in most countries
is a4 which measures at 210 millimeters
by 297 millimeters in the united states
the most used size is the us letter
format measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches
and the size of a pdf page actually
depends on the output device since the
pdf data is stored as vectors it can
scale to any size making it the perfect
format for all screen and print sizes
okay well that's pretty much all we have
time for today but let me just say it's
been an absolute pleasure sharing this
learning experience with you hopefully
you've learned something today as well
i'll leave you with an intriguing
question why is a4 called a4 if you know
the answer let us know in the comment
section below thanks for watching this
video and don't forget to hit the like
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more videos on the pdf element channel
see you soon and thanks again bye
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