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April 15, 2013
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How to Add Cut Marks Bleeds to existing PDF?

  • April 15, 2013
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Hi, I have a PDF of a book (200 pages) that I need to add cut marks, color bars to for offset printing.

Can't figure out how to open the PDF in Acrobat and add the Marks Bleeds.

The PDF was saved in Word.

Please advise...

    Correct answer AdityaKalania

    The crop, bleed, and trim boxes are all the same size. The crop box is defined in the Crop Box dialog box (choose Tools > Print Production > Set Page Boxes). If the artwork contains a bleed, make sure that the crop box is big enough to accommodate the bleed box and other printer marks.

    Once it is done, please follow the steps to embed the printer marks in PDF

    Choose Tools > Print Production > Add Printer Marks.

    Specify the pages to mark.

    Specify the marks and settings.

    Thanks

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    seanebarry
    Participant
    September 14, 2016

    I have the standard full adobe creative suite

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 14, 2016

    That doesn't answer my question. Open Acrobat and then go to Help - About. What does it say there? What exact version do you have?

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    gator soupAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 14, 2016

    On the Mac OS, it's a little different (Acrobat> About Acrobat):

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    Adobe Employee
    AdityaKalaniaCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    April 16, 2013

    The crop, bleed, and trim boxes are all the same size. The crop box is defined in the Crop Box dialog box (choose Tools > Print Production > Set Page Boxes). If the artwork contains a bleed, make sure that the crop box is big enough to accommodate the bleed box and other printer marks.

    Once it is done, please follow the steps to embed the printer marks in PDF

    Choose Tools > Print Production > Add Printer Marks.

    Specify the pages to mark.

    Specify the marks and settings.

    Thanks

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      gator soupAuthor
      Inspiring
      April 17, 2013

      Wow, you nailed it!

      THANK YOU!!!

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