Crop pages



The Crop Pages dialog box is where you can adjust the visible page area. This can help you create consistency within a PDF composed of pages of different sizes.

Cropping does not reduce file size because information is merely hidden, not discarded.

Crop empty areas around page content

  1. Choose Document > Crop Pages.
  2. Under Margin Controls, select Remove White Margins.

Crop one or more pages

  1. Choose Document > Crop Pages.
  2. Adjust values for the Margin Controls.
  3. As needed, specify Page Range settings.

Crop a page with the Crop tool

  1. Choose Tools > Advanced Editing > Crop Tool.
  2. Drag a rectangle on the page you want to crop. If necessary, drag the corner handles of the cropping rectangle until the page is the size you want.
  3. Double-click inside the cropping rectangle.

    The Crop Pages dialog box opens, indicating the margin measurements of the cropping rectangle and the page to be cropped. You can override these settings or apply other options by making new selections in the dialog box before clicking OK.

Crop Pages dialog box settings

The Crop Pages options specify a selection of options for cropping pages.

The Margin Control options are as follows:

Constrain Proportions
Locks the proportions of the crop so that all margins are the same distance.

Remove White Margins
Crops the page to the artwork boundary. This option is useful for trimming the edges of presentation slides saved as PDFs.

Set To Zero
Restores the crop margins to zero.

Revert To Selection
Reverts to the crop margin selected with the Crop tool.

Undo cropping

Cropping a PDF does not reduce file size because information is merely hidden, not discarded. By resetting the page size, you can restore the page and its content to its original condition.

  1. Open the Crop Pages dialog box by choosing one of the following:

    • Document > Crop Pages.

    • Crop Pages from the options menu on the Pages panel.

  2. Reset the margins to the original dimensions.