: A3 indesign file, wanting to export to A4 PDF how? I'm sure this can be done, just cant figure out how. I'm needing to export my portfolio as a pdf but my indesign document is a3, i see

@Yeniel278

You can press Page tool (Shift+P), which is normally the third icon under the white arrow into the Tool Bar. Make sure that all the layers into the document are unlocked, then in the Liquid Page Rule press Scale, then press Ctrl+A to select the pages and give the size of A4. It automatically scale the content to A4.

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@Berumen635

Open a new A4 document.
In the A3 document "Select All" and "Copy"
Go to the A4 and "Paste"
Then incrementally re size all of the elements together until you get the desired size.

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@Nimeshi706

A workaround is to take your A3 indesign document and place it inside an A4 document.


Open a new document and set it's size to A4
Draw a Rectangle or Rectangle Frame over your whole artboard (consider allowing for bleed if you need it)
CMD/Ctrl + D and select your A3 InDesign file and place it into the Rectangle
Fit the placed A3 file into rectangle, making sure not to distort it
Export your PDF as you would normally


Alternatively, you can export the A3 document as an A3 PDF and insert this at stage 3.

In(Design)ception ;)

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@Murphy569

You can't change the size of a document on export, you'll need to change the document size and then export it.

Choose: File->Document Setup (Command+Alt+P) and change the size there.



Then you'll be able to export it as a PDF.

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