Problems with page resizing on book export to PDF

[Nelly131]

I'm making a book and uploading a pdf to Blurb for them to print.

Within Publisher V2, the book is made up of a book file with 3 chapters (3 separate files) and I'm using Mac. Each of the files has the same margins and bleed settings. When I export an individual file (as pages, not spreads), the margins/bleed come out correctly. However, when I export the same files from the book export, it resizes the pages, after the first page (i.e. all following spreads). I've attached a couple of pdfs to show the difference between them. Within the book, it does this for each of the three files (i.e. the first page of each chapter has the correct settings, all others do not).

I'm not sure if this has been discussed here 

or if this is a known problem (I couldn't find it when I searched).

 

I know I can probably put all the information into one file, but the three parts are being edited outside of Publisher by 3 different people and it's more convenient to keep them separate.

 

It's "better" if the pdfs are viewed in Acrobat with bleed marks turned on.

Booklet (as individual).pdf Booklet (as book).pdf

[NathanC]

Hi @Nelly131 apologies for the late response,

Could you possibly provide us with a copy of the .afbook file and the associated chapters so we're able to investigate this further? If you do not wish to share the file publicly I have provided a private upload link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/dOIAsk9jGo8A1AltKxt3

If you could also confirm if you're using MacOS or Windows and also your PDF export settings that would be great.

Thanks

[Nelly131]

On 1/23/2025 at 9:37 AM, NathanC said:

Hi @Nelly131 apologies for the late response,

Could you possibly provide us with a copy of the .afbook file and the associated chapters so we're able to investigate this further? If you do not wish to share the file publicly I have provided a private upload link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/dOIAsk9jGo8A1AltKxt3

If you could also confirm if you're using MacOS or Windows and also your PDF export settings that would be great.

Thanks

Nathan,

I'll upload via the link.

I'm using MacOS 13.7.2. 

Publisher 2.5.7

PDF Export settings are the standard "PDF (press ready" settings, with no modifications.

[NathanC]

Hi @Nelly131,

Thanks for uploading the files. The issue appears to be a result of the 0pt inner bleed setting of each chapter in conjunction with the export 'All Chapters as Pages' setting on a facing page document. Comparative to an 'All Pages' export of the individual .afpub chapters, the .afbook book export of 'All Chapters as pages' doesn't respect this bleed setting and instead assigns each middle page an inner bleed value, resulting in the observed page sizing differences when opened in a PDF reader.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be fixed in the latest beta, so I'll be logging this with the developers for further investigation.

[Nelly131]

Thanks for this. I tried a few times - I thought it was me! I found the problem trying to upload the book to Blurb, following the details here Blurb support. The preflight check that Blurb does after the upload showed the error.

I've consolidated all the files into one, which is a bit of a pain, but works. It means it's more difficult to send sections to different people for edit.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Books Panel- Exporting a facing page document to PDF as 'All Pages as Chapters' does not respect inner bleed value" (REF: AF-5710) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.2.3213). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Affinity Info Bot to notify us.