I'm joining in on this thread, because this very issue just came up with a client.
I've read Bill Swallow's response and Stuart's below, but I still don't understand how to set up the FM file. I'm setting up the front and back covers to be one file separate from the main book. I can't get to the printer, because I was steered to the client's graphics person. He wanted me to leave the page size as 8.5 x 11 and set up "guides" for the 1/8" extra margin then just create the PDF without crop marks. As far as I know FM doesn't have guides like that. I'm not sure if the PDF will work without crop marks or changing the page size. (He uses InDesign.) I went to the link below and based on that created a graphic box that is 8.5 x 11" with 0 top -0.02" left. I'll insert the graphic into that box, then I'm not sure what. Anything else I need to do in FM? I don't know how to make the PDF work for the bleeds. On top of this, I need to put text in specific places to match up with elements on the graphics. So, I'll put the graphic on the master page. Then I'm think I'll add anchored frames in the right places and put text boxes inside them for the text elements. Does that make sense? Thanks for any help you can offer! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda G. Gallagher STC Fellow TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 Tutorials, "show me" demos, user guides, help, FrameMaker and WebWorks ePublisher templates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RMIMA Secretary www.RMIMA.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 9:34 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Cover needs to bleed On 18/04/2011 3:18 PM, Theresa de Valence wrote: > Hi Framers, > > Thanks for all the help you've given me lately :) > > I'm printing a Conference Guide which will be 8.5" x 11" when finished > The outside front and rear covers will be in colour, and I want the > colour to bleed to the edge. > > Do I create a Master Page to be used for the front and rear covers which > is 9" x 11.5"? (The printer has an Indigo which prints 12" x 18"). > > Or should I accomplish this bleed a different way? > > Will having pages which used different sizes of master pages cause any > problem with book generation? > > Will having page sizes larger than 8.5" x 11" cause any problems with > printing the book (to check it) on my local printer? > > Any advice you want to confer? > There's some advice here: http://www.freeframers.org/archive/04/msg00164.html Sounds like you should keep your FM page size the same, but extend your graphics beyond its boundaries. Then when distilling, specify a larger paper size and crop marks. HTH -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as li...@techcomplus.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/lists%40techcomplus.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.