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How to crop PDF margins for reading on a phone
Phones fit the whole page to the screen, margins included. Trimming the empty margins makes the text noticeably larger without changing anything on the page.
Step by step
- 1Open Crop PDF and drop in the file.
- 2Set the margins in percent, for example 8 on every side.
- 3Press Crop pages and open the result on your phone.
- 4Adjust and crop again from the original if you trimmed too much or too little.
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- ✓Keep the original. Cropping hides content, it doesn't delete it, but it's easier to start fresh.
Questions people ask
+Will cropping cut off page numbers?
If they sit in the margin, yes. Use smaller margins at the bottom.
+Is cropped content deleted?
No. It's hidden. Don't crop to hide private information.
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