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File converted to PDF does not crop, bleed and trim properly

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bobtyger

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Nov 6, 2008
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Working in a Vista Home Premium environment I have created a Publisher 2007 file for a 3-panel brochure, 8-1/2 x 11 landscape. In Page Setup it is specified as Letter (landscape). In Print Setup the Printer name is Adobe PDF, Paper size is Tabloid, and Orientation is landscape.

I convert to Adobe PDF (Press Quality) using Acrobat 8 Pro and the file looks exactly as designed, centered in the tabloid space. I click on Advanced, go to Print Production and Crop Pages. I set my margins for the Crop Box and the Bleed Box - everything looks good. I set the Trim Box and again everything looks fine until I put in the final Right Margin Control value, when suddenly the guide line on the PDF jumps half-way accross the page. Oddly the preview image in the dialog box looks correct.

When I Add Printer Marks, they mark off a trim area 8-1/2W x 7-3/4H area starting in the upper left-hand corner of the brochure file. I have searched for some obscure setting value that could be responsible for this, but have come up empty-handed. Any thoughts?
 
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