My publisher has to have the exact size of each.apparently modern publishers cannot "clip" and resize. So far I can convert but have to use much larger Adobe page-size selection in order to not have the size of my conversion not clipped off. How do I instruct Adobe Reader to select this page size when converting these two parts to. My page size for my cover is 12.5" wide (without bleed) and 9" high (without bleed. My page size is 6" wide and 9" high for the manuscript done in Microsoft Publisher. pdf copy in order for my publisher to publish. In this chapter I cover some advantages of using Acrobat Distiller and discuss how to change the Adobe PDF settings.My problem is that I have written my book and now need to create a. Therefore, it is essential that you know how to change settings and understand what options are available to you. In some cases Distiller works in the background using Adobe PDF settings you assign to the creation process. In order to successfully produce quality PDF documents when using Distiller, you need to have a basic understanding of how Acrobat Distiller works and what the settings control in regard to converting files to PDF. These settings apply to Acrobat Distiller, and also the conversion of documents for many options from within Acrobat and via exports from authoring programs. If you remember the PDF conversion steps discussed in the previous three chapters, the Adobe PDF settings were mentioned many times. Because PDF file creation has been much simplified in Acrobat 9, you may bypass thoughts of learning what Acrobat Distiller does and how PDF documents are converted with the Distiller application.