pdf - pages A4 into middle of A3

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pdf - pages A4 into middle of A3

So this is what I am trying to do:

I have a pdf which is the syllabus of one of my subjects. It's about 50-60 pages long.

Imagine I have this printed in A4, full size.
I want to print the A4 page, in the middle of the A3 page which would leave half an A4 blank space to each side of the A3 page.

This would be like photocopying the A4 page on A3 paper. Basically a portrait A4 page in landscape A3.

The reason for this:
It's easier to annotate on each blank side the syllabus, to make sure I know everything.

I do not know how to export pdf into pages so that I can outline this accordingly.

Any ideas? 🙂

Thanks!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 14, 2013 11:08 AM

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Answer 1

choronator Author

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Mar 14, 2013 12:52 PM in response to choronator

I tried making a quick sketch of what I meant to make it clear

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Answer 2

Mar 14, 2013 10:19 PM in response to choronator

I can't see a way to do this in Preview.app but in Adobe Acrobat you can adjust the page boundary both out and in, so could adjust the left and right margins out 105mm and then resave the pdf to print to your A3 printer.

It also depends on your particular printer's drivers what you can set in the Page Setup when printing.

Peter

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Answer 3

Mar 15, 2013 5:24 AM in response to choronator

C,

Here are the steps.

When you have completed and Saved your Pages Document on an A5 Portrait layout, File > Print > PDF > Open PDF in Preview.

In Preview, File > Print. You will get this dialog box:

In the Preview.app Print dialog, make the following settings:

Paper size: A4

Orientation: Landscape

Auto-Rotate: Off

Scale: 100%

I beleive this is what you are looking for.

Jerry

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Answer 4

Yellowbox

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Mar 15, 2013 6:11 AM in response to choronator

Hi choronator,

Open your PDF in Preview.

File > Print...

Paper Size: A3

Orientation: Landscape

Scale: 71%

Regards,

Ian.

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Answer 5

Mar 15, 2013 6:41 AM in response to Jerrold Green1

Correcting my suggestion, I was off by one Paper Size in my example: Please substitute A4 an A3 where I wrote A5 and A4. It will all be the same including the Zoom.. Here's a revised graphic: