Unwanted black page borders

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February 26, 2020
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I am trying to make a B5 sized book, which I am printing the pages out for onto A4 paper (2 pages per sheet) InDesign has put a black borders around all of my pages so when I export it as a pdf and I print the document, each B5 page has a black frame around it. I don't know how this has happened and I want to get rid of the frame so I can just print my spreads out onto A4 without these lines in the middle where I am going to bind. How do I change this so the document isn't set up like that?

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Correct answer Jongware

Do you see that the frame edge is dotted? That means your border is on your master pages. Somebody (it might not have been you – but InDesign does not do this on its own!) has added a rectangle to the master pages with the exact size of each page, and it got the default no fill and black border.

The solution is to select this rectangle on your master pages, then delete it.

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Do you see that the frame edge is dotted? That means your border is on your master pages. Somebody (it might not have been you – but InDesign does not do this on its own!) has added a rectangle to the master pages with the exact size of each page, and it got the default no fill and black border.

The solution is to select this rectangle on your master pages, then delete it.