Convert print dimensions of an InDD file or a PDF?

I have a CS4 INDD file that was prepared for me as 6" x 9" ...but I need it printed at 75% scale ( to equal 4.5" x 6.75"). Is there any way to convert an INDD OR a PDF file to a smaller size or would I need to literally copy & paste all the elements into another INDD file at a smaller dimension?
PS - I have heard of a plug-in called "Quite a box of Tricks", which apparently shrinks print sizes on PDF's like a print provider would. Not sure if that is something I need to buy or if I can do it through INDD or Acrobat Pro?
Thanks kindly,
Chemol

You cannot export an InDesign file to a PDF with scaling. You can print to a PostScript file with scaling then Distill that file into a PDF using Acrobat Distiller. You cn also pace an InDesign file or a PDF into a new InDesign file and scale the placed file in the new InDesign file. This file can be exported as PDF. I would go that way.

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I dont have indesign installed on my system. I only have the binary , which needs modification and i have to save back to the DB as indd.
Can't be done, for a realistic assessment of "can". InDesigns documents cannot reliably be created or modified without InDesign itself. (*)
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* "Not true, there is always IDML". But that's not a 'binary'; and you cannot (**) "convert" a binary INDD to IDML and back again without InDesign.
** Again, for a remotely realistic value of "can".

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Would you mind walking me through what you are doing?
In your screen shot, that window looks like the preferences panel, in which you can set your PDF preset, correct?
Here's what I have been trying.
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Hi there,
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