Add margin to pdf page

Question

I have a pdf book that is not showing up completely. I have attached a screenshot of acrobat's print preview showing what the issue is. As you can see there is more conentent on the left of the page that is not showing up.

I have tried: Changing the paper size Changing the dimensions to "fit" Opening in Google docs Opening in mac's preview Opening in Google Books.

Any ideas of what I can try

Answer 1

As a late answer and when using Linux, one can use the command line tool "pdfjam".

Add margins to pages

Desired result: remove 0.5 cm from top and bottom of page, add 2 cm to right margin. Keep page size (important)

pdfjam --fitpaper true --trim "0cm 0.5cm -2cm 0.5cm" input.pdf -o output.pdf

• Negative numbers in the trim-argument means "add", while a positive means "remove".
• The four numbers within the trim-arguments relates to the left, bottom, right and top margin
• If fitpaper is set to false the trim will move the content around the page and not resize the page.
• You can add "--frame true" to see what's going on.

Move content to the left

Desired result: make right margin 1 cm larger and left margin 1 cm smaller

pdfjam --offset "-1cm 0cm" input.pdf -o output.pdf

The command below will move the content of the page 1 cm from right to left.

pdfjam and documentation

Documentation about pdfjam can be found here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/firth/software/pdfjam

The combination of pdfinfo, pdftk and pdfjam can be used to modify PDFs quickly on a more advanced level.

Answer 2

If I was you, I would check if PDF page boxes are correct. Especially if document looks fine in viewer but offset in print preview.

The issue might be caused by any of the boxes defined so they are outside of MediaBox.

Another approach to try is to impose this document onto other document with some offset. Others recommend Multivalent and Ghostscript for the task.