Importing indesign file into another

[SunflowerCreativeMedia]

Hi, I build a magazine in indesign, which contains ads, that I made in indesign docs. I place the ads onto the page as a placed doc. This way, if I make changes it will alert me to update, and I don't go thru all the hassle of making pdfs to place on the page. The ads all have bleeds and sometimes, a little something goes outside the border into the bleed. It always worked.

Yesterday, I got an alert that something was wrong with my Creative Cloud, and i had to reload the desktop program. I did not update Indesign, it still says I need to do that, but the background defaulted to the darker color, and my custom workspace is gone. I can fix all of that.

But now, when I place an ad (indesign file with bleeds) into another indesign file, the bleeds are not there. I've gone thru preferences and do not see anything.

Please help! I will have to change my whole workflow if I can't find out what is different here.

Thank you, 

[winterm · Accepted solution]

You didn't specify OS/ID versions... This should be checked, anyway:

File > Place. In dialog box tick Show Import Options. You'll get Options dialog then. Ensure Crop to: Bleed bounding box is selected:

UPDATE: the setting is 'sticky', that means you only need to do it once.

[SunflowerCreativeMedia]

Thank you, that was the answer to my problem!!!!