Resizing a pdf document

Can anyone help?
I have a PDF document, which I've sent as artwork for printing, but I need to resize it?
Help?

You mean to a different size in inches or mm?
This isn't something Adobe Reader can do and it isn't even something Adobe Acrobat can do easily.
Generally, you should create it at the required size before making the PDF.

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