Print Issue from INDESIGN CS3

[karry4m]

thread818-439018
I created a brochure in INDESIGN CS3 I set up my page size and then chose 3 columns to set the page breaks. First of all is that the correct way to do it? It set the boxes I filled within the guidelines and when I went to print it at a print shop it came out not centered at all. I assumed since I fit everything within the guidelines there would not be an issue. Also text that I had typed up in excel was all blurry but clear on my screen.
Then I transported it into a pdf file and it was still not centered. I have been to 3 print shops now and they have not been able to figure my problem and I am on a deadline and frankly if this is an ongoing not easy to fix issue I would rather use something other than INDESIGN. Granted I do not have a lot of knowledge so maybe it is just ignorance on my behalf : ) since you all seem to like it so much.
Would something like this be easier to create in Photoshop? But I need to be using the grids for best results obviously.
Also in my brochure i have the little red txt box that I can't seems to get rid of, I try pasting it and deleting it that way but the red box comes back?
Thank you for your help!

 

[spamjim]

As you have not been able to locate a good prepress person at one of those print shops, you could try sharing that INDD file online so that others in this forum can review it.

 

[karry4m]

: / I am unsure of how to post the brochure for you to view! I have a INDESIGN file nit URL??

Sorry this is all new to me!

 

[spamjim]

At the bottom of the post box is a link to mediafire, a free online file host. Post there, then share the link here.

If the document contains private info, replace that text with dummy text in a copy of the original file.

 

[dabob]

Brochures need to be set up with what will be the front and back panels the same size and the one that folds inside slightly smaller, i.e.: 3.7-3.7 - 3.6 . . . be aware that the panels will flip from the outside to the inside

The person who says it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person doing it. . . .