Exported PDF paper size

Hi!
I just finished a book but the paper format turned out to be few millimeters different wider and few millimeters shorter than A4 and printer said it would be best for me to print the book in A4.
Is there a way for me to just choose A4 paper size while exporting a PDF?

When you change the document size, the relationships and shapes of objects on the page may need to change. It's likely that you'll need to change the margins, and when you do that your text may reflow and change the page breaks and pagination.
Best way to see what's going to happen, and how much work you'll need to do after, is to make a copy of the document in ID, then go to Layout > Layout Adjustment... and enable Layout Adjustment. Now go to File > Document Setup and change the page dimensions. Finally, visit each master page you've set up and move any master items that need to be adjusted, and go back to Layout > Margins and Columns... to adjust margins if you need to.
You can't change the page size during export to PDF, though you can print a PDF on any size paper you like and scale to fit. This is not the same as making the PDF the correct size for your printer to impose on his press.

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I think this may help. I had a different problem, but similar.
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I think this may help. I had a different problem, but similar.
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The High Quality setting is only meant as a guide. It's not meant to be used, in my opinion, out of the box.
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This PDF guide is MUST http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/cs3/articles/cs3_printguide.html
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