rogershuff Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I'm stumped. I have worked with InDesign for years and recently moved over to Publisher. Mostly a good experience but I am now stumped. I publish an A4 magazine with adverts. A client just sent in new A4 artwork as a PDF generated in InDesign. As requested, they extended the graphic area out by 3mm as a bleed. I am used to seeing the entire artwork so I can check the bleed and adjust if needed. If I place this file on to an A4 page in Publisher (1.10.4, Mac, Big Sur), the bleed vanishes and I only see the exact A4 area. This is unhelpful. If I open the PDF in Apple Preview, Adobe InDesign, or Acrobat, I see the entire thing with bleed and crop marks. If I hit the spacebar to get a quick preview before opening the file, I also see the bleed and crop marks. What's going on? Image attached showing part of the same file placed in InDesign and in Publisher. To emphasise, this is not to do with exporting with crop marks. Thanks. Quote Roger Shufflebottom www.avid-companion.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Try using the Media Box in order to see the whole thing. You will need to turn off Clip to Canvas if this PDF is filling the whole page. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogershuff Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Many thanks - I did not know that option was there - exactly what I need. I've been doing page layout since 1985 (Ventura Publisher) but there is always something to learn. Quote Roger Shufflebottom www.avid-companion.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, rogershuff said: since 1985 (Ventura Publisher) Thereabouts too for me. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, rogershuff said: doing page layout since 1985 (Ventura Publisher) but there is always something to learn. 8 years before PDF and its media boxes occurred, 23 years before PDF turned to an open standard file type 🦄 8 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Thereabouts too for me. At such moments, I imagine an international meeting of graphic design veterans, debating and competing with their ancient tools and instruments, somewhere in the middle of the ocean on the "Serifa Finity" 🚢... Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, thomaso said: At such moments, I imagine an international meeting of graphic design veterans, debating and competing with their ancient tools and instruments, somewhere in the middle of the ocean The last meeting had fewer chickens in cages, let them be free range. But pretty much the same. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierMax Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 The same happen to me, I should to make crop marks manually. This happen with Designer and Publisher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted May 4, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 4, 2022 Hi @justdraw, On 2/4/2022 at 5:46 PM, Old Bruce said: Try using the Media Box in order to see the whole thing. You will need to turn off Clip to Canvas if this PDF is filling the whole page. Have you tried the suggestion from Bruce above? By default when placing PDF files the crop/printer information will be hidden, however this can be changed on the context toolbar as required Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierMax Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Thank you so much! Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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