mistfall Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I set up a document for 6 in x 9 in, but when I export it as a PDF and attempt to publish it on KDP, the previewer tells me my pages are actually 6.24 in x 9.24 in, and KDP support staff insist that the previewer is correct. I'm at a loss as to how to account for this discrepancy or correctly fix it. Does anyone have any insights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistfall Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Here's a possibility I noticed: is the page size you set absolute, or does Publisher add the bleed value to the page size you set? I had been assuming the bleed would be subtracted from the edges of the pages, but the discrepancy would be accounted for if an extra 0.12 in for bleed was added to each edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Sounds like you have bleed set for your document and have included bleeds when exporting to PDF. Check the export options and deselect include bleeds. I am 99% sure that is where the issues lies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistfall Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 The issue does seem to be a bleed issue. Exporting the PDF "with bleed" seems to have fixed the problem with KDP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistfall Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Thanks wonderings -- turns out that exporting without bleeds was what caused the issue. Keeping bleed checked for the PDF export fixed the issue. Which is the opposite of what I would have expected, much like you thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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