Expert: Candice Anderson - 9/29/2009

Question
QUESTION: I have a portfolio letter size with some pages at full bleed.
I would like to print this document at a local reprographics place so i want to make a pdf of the portfolio on a tabloid size paper but with crop marks set at letter size... is this possible

ANSWER: yep

file
export
marks and bleeds
include crop marks
that should do it.

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QUESTION: so where do you adjust the crop marks... ? im trying to make an pdf
8.5x11 page onto an 11x17 with 8.5 x 11 crop marks.

Answer
actually I told you wrong, I'm sorry.

1st, to change your crop lines, you want to set your offset. In this case you would have set your offset at zero.

However, you docuement is at full bleed and therefore you need bleed lines.

You need to set your document up so that you have bleed lines at .125 around. You can do this under document set up. It's at the bottom.

If you don't do this, even though your printing on tabloid, you might have your document cut into in an undesirable way. When you export, hit the bleed tab, and use document bleed settings. You can also use crop too, leave the default settings if you do, but it's required.