Milo: Struggling with trying to create a 8.75 x 11.25 bleed page P

[miloshapiro]

I've been trying all kinds of things with MSPublisher and Adobe Acrobat to
create an 8.75 x 11.25 document so that the printer can truncate it to 8.5 x
11.

I've sort of found a way to make the page the larger size and declare a 1/8
border, but:
1) when I go to look at the page, it thinks it's one of four pages because
it exceeds 8.5x11
2) the PDF I create with Acrobat cuts off anything I have in that 1/8 frame
around and gives me just the document background color there. So it's not a
true bleed of the pictures I'm putting on the page...just a bleed of the
background choice.

There's GOT to be a way to say: bleed or no bleed...whatever! I just want
the page and the resulting PDF to be 8.75 x 11.25 and for that to be exactly
one page. Help?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Do you have the Generic Color PS for Commercial Printing installed? Have you
tried selecting it or Acrobat before creating your publication? If you read the
help about Publisher's bleed, it only works with Postscript printers.
If you have a PhotoSmart type printer, you might think about saving the
publication as a picture; printing then from the printer software.

What version Publisher are you using?

Have you tried creating a custom size in Acrobat?

 

[miloshapiro]

1) Not sure what "Generic Color PS for Commercial Printing" refers to or how
I'd check. I just installed Office with the default settings. Not sure what
something about color would have to do with allowing graphics to extend to
the edge.

2) I'm converting to PDF by printing to a .prn file and dragging that to
Distiller. I think that's what you mean by "works with Postscript printers"?
I'm only semi-techy. ;-)

3) I'm not printing this on my printer at all. I'm planning to have it
printed professionally. All I want to accomplish is an 8.75 x 11.25 page PDF
where the pictures can reach the very edge. I don't see why the computer
should care if it's going to be a bleed or not; that's for the printer to
worry about.

4) I'm on Publisher '03.

5) Yes, i made it a custom size of 8.75 x 11.25, but that doesn't mean I
did it right. The fact that it always gives me four pages of PDF (three of
which are blank) makes me wonder.

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

you can do the bleeding page as a separate document and let your print shop
deal with it.


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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

if you're creating a booklet you will always get 4 pages.

when I do a booklet (like a theater program lets say), and want a bleed on
the front outside cover, I do all 4 pages as a separate doc. sized to allow
for the bleed. The body of the program is a different document...tell the
printer this and he'll put it all together for you.

so pages 1,2,15,16 are sized for bleed covers in one doc. and
inside pages separate document sized normally

there's probably 10 more ways to do this

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web