Online press releases

I've been sent a link to some advice about writing an online press release.

It looks good - what do you think?

http://campaigns.vocus.com/Email/PRWeb11/Jan/writing_great_online_news_releases.pdf

PDF Page Size

Why is it so flipping difficult to change the page size on a PDF using Adobe Acrobat? You'd have thought it would have been one of those routine functions. 

Reducing the page size of a PDF, or changing the page size of a PDF to A4, seems to be all over the advice boards when you do a Google search, and everyone has a different idea. Here's mine.

First, don't use Acrobat. I have a Mac so I've found how to change the page size using the Preview function (it may be Picture Viewer or something on a PC).

So, just open the PDF in Preview (I have version 5.5.3), and go to File > Print... 

In the dialogue box choose the Paper Size to be what you want - it doesn't allow custom sizes - and make sure you check the Scale to Fit button.

Now go to the PDF button (bottom left) and Save As a new PDF - I'd go with the old filename with the new page size on the end, and save it somewhere sensible like the same folder as the original.

And there you go.

Let me know how you get on.