Place MultiPage PDF creates envelope size pages only

I know I somehow changed my default settings so I quit out of ID. I start it up, I select default (8.5 x 11), new doc opens. I open script and select place Multipage PDF. By default, new doc is first option, I select it and I end up with a multipage ID file at 9.5 x 4.125. Huh? I quit ID again, start it. Default page size is LH. What gives with the script? I don't want to reset my prefs if I can avoid it since I have everything perfect. I want 8.5 x 11 to be my default file size when placing multipage PDF.

Hi Richard, Al,
The script (assuming that this is PlaceMultipagePDF.jsx or .applescript that was installed with CS3) does nothing to change your page size--it just uses the default page size. You have somehow changed your default page size. To get it back to Letter, close all documents, then Choose Document Setup from the File menu and set the default there (not in the New Document dialog box).
If this is some other script with the same name, then I don't know what's going on.
Thanks,
Ole

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