"Original Size" button does not return placed document to original size

[Blake_S]

Example: I have a 216x303mm PDF document, I place it into Publisher doc, initially its placed at the correct size - 216x303mm.

When I click the "Original Size" button in scaling settings, the document becomes 288x404mm - which is a completely wrong size.

This happens with all PDF documents that have a different DPI than a Publisher doc, making "Original Size" button completely useless in those cases.

[Lee D]

It's not something I'm getting on my system, I've included my workflow below, is there anything different to yours apart from the sizes? If you can let me know yours or have a screen recording that I can view I can recheck.

1, Create a A5 sized PDF (148mm x 210mm @72DPI)

2, In Publisher create a A3 blank page (297mm x 420mm @300DPI)

3 Use File > Place, select the A5 PDF and click once to insert at default size. Confirmed using info on Context toolbar and Transform panel.

4, With the placed file selected on the Context toolbar, click to open the size/scale information. Click Original Size

Nothing happens to the size of the placed file, confirmed by the Transform panel.

[Blake_S]

On 2/23/2023 at 2:14 PM, Lee D said:

Nothing happens to the size of the placed file, confirmed by the Transform panel.

 

I might have figured out why.

It depends on PDF content.

You likely used only vector content or no content at all, in which case everything functions normally, and placed document would just have the same DPI set as the publisher doc its placed in, and it would be placed at 100% scaling.

However, if the PDF has raster content, the behaviour changes, just tested this.
Saved a PDF with a raster image at 400 DPI.
Placed it into the publisher doc with 300 DPI. Its placed at correct size, but at 75% scaling.
Clicking Original Size in this case resizes the placed PDF to 100% scaling and the wrong size in mm.