Illustrator PDF WRONG Size

This is simple guys, I need some help here.

1) My documents is 8.5" by 5.5" with 0.25" of bleed.

2) When I export my document to PDF I selected in "Marks and Bleeds" "Trim Marks" and "Use Document Bleed Settings"

From my common sense I should export a pdf 9" x 6" including bleed and crop marks.

No matter what I do, Illustrator always exports the document to 9.42 "x 6.42"

Why??!!!

Help Please

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Correct answer the wussies

I figured it out

when you save the file as a pdf

you need to go to marks in bleeds tab and unselect the "Use Document Bleed Settings"

that setting adds the bleed you set in the file and adds it to the page or document dimension

the wussiesCorrect answer

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I figured it out

when you save the file as a pdf

you need to go to marks in bleeds tab and unselect the "Use Document Bleed Settings"

that setting adds the bleed you set in the file and adds it to the page or document dimension

Community Expert

This is because the marks take up more than .25"

With .25" bleed your marks go outside the bleed (shown in red).

Community Expert

If you do .5" bleed then you would get the number you expected.

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I understand,but some printer require less than .50 of bleed some want 1/8 other want .25 so...

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