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Joanna5FE6
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October 19, 2022
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Mail Merge in 4 panel card - how to merge to PDF with bleed?

  • October 19, 2022
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I've got a 4 panel DL greeting card that will be posted to 700 addresses. I've got the merge data sorted and it looks great in preview.

But I can only seem to output to a PDF with a document bleed by first merging the job and then saving the subsequent 2,800 page file to PDF where I can select options like bleed, etc.

 

I know that I could reduce the size of the PDF by using the function outlined on the help page but there doesn't seem to be a way to change the PDF settings that way, unless I'm missing something?

From helpx.adobe.com:
Merging to a PDF file

When you merge to a PDF file, all the options are the same as when you create a merged InDesign document. The resulting PDF takes advantage of PDF XObjects for the static parts of the page, resulting in a reduced-size, efficient PDF.

 
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Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
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October 20, 2022

Hi

 

Not really sure I can picture what you're doing here.

Have you an example or some screenshots?

 

Thanks

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Joanna5FE6Author
Inspiring
November 17, 2022

Thanks for replying. It took quite a bit of trial and error as my experience with mail merge has only been in MS Word, but it went well, once I figured out exactly how InDesign likes the data file to be formatted (comma delimited txt). The finished PDF was 52 mb and was 1300 pages long, which was quite a lengthy conversion process. 

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