In this article, you will learn
- which prerequisites are required for this Fixup, and
- how to apply the Fixup.
1. Introduction
The Fixup Scale Page Content by Percentage is available in the Workflow. The purpose of this Fixup is to scale the page content to a selected percentage value.
2. General
The Fixup Scale Page Content by Percentage can be used to scale the page content of the TrimBox proportionally to a specific percentage value.
You can find this Fixup on the tab Data Preparation of an Article, Order or Production Job by:
- entering the name of the Fixup in the area Filter,
- activating the option Page Content in the area Category,
- activating the option Scale in the area Action,
- activating the option TrimBox in the area Search.
3. Description
Use this Fixup to proportionally scale the page content within the TrimBox to a selected percentage size. The existing Bleed is adjusted accordingly, which means it can be smaller or larger than before.
3.1. Prerequisites and Functionality
For the Fixup to perform as intended, the following requirements must be met:
- There is a TrimBox in the file, the MediaBox must be present in any case.
- Bleed may be present.
Figure 1: The dialog of the Fixup Scale Page Content by Percentage
The following options can be used to scale the page content by percentage:
- Scale to [1] – enter the desired percentage value in the input field to which the page content should be scaled by percentage. For Variable Content [2], select the desired placeholder – Database Field or User-defined Field – from which the value for the percentage selection should be retrieved.
3.2. Before/After
To experiment with this function, refer to the sample file "Sample_Scale Page Content by Percentage.pdf". The file has a size of 150 x 100 mm. This should now be scaled to 50 %.
After applying the Fixup, the file "Sample_Scale Page Content by Percentage_End.pdf" is created, where the entire page content of the TrimBox has been scaled to 50 % - i.e. 75 x 50 mm. The values from Figure 1 were used for this.
Figure 2: Left: Original file; Right: Edited file in which the Page Content has been scaled by Percentage
Article update: Workflow 1.20.1 – 04/2025