How Do I add bleed to my Indesign File?
1. Set up a new document to the exact file size of the product you are ordering. Eg: A4 Letterheads, your document would be 210x297mm, 2. Any colour or images that you want to go right to the edge of the product need to be placed into your design, but also get them to spill over onto your artboard (white space surrounding your document) by at least 3mm. 3. Keep all type at least 5mm from the edge of your document. 4. Save your document as you normally do. 5. File > Export, and choose Adobe PDF from the list of save options. Name your file and choose ‘Save’, Save Adobe PDF box will now appear, choose the following: • Adobe PDF preset, should be on ‘Press’ • Select ‘Marks & Bleeds’ from the left hand column, • tick ‘trim marks’, in the ‘Bleeds’ section below, add 3mm into top, bottom, left and right space. Leave everything else unchanged! You now have a correctly saved Indesign file with bleed!
