Here's a quick "how to" for creating full bleed in InDesign for your print document. This allows your images or background to completely cover the page with no white margins.

1. PRINTER JARGON
What is Full Bleed (and is it as painful as it sounds?)
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2. Full Bleed is when the printed image goes beyond the page
and is trimmed off for full coverage.
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3. You must set up your document
correctly in the beginning.
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Here’s a sample in Adobe InDesign.
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4. CREATE A NEW DOCUMENT
click on <more options>
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5. LIKE MAGIC
the bleed & slug options appear
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6. SET YOUR BLEED SIZE
⅛ inch all around is the standard = .125
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7. CREATE!
click <okay> and get to work!
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Just be sure to take your images/colored background
to the bleed line that is now extended past your page size.
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9. EXPORTING YOUR PDF
Go to <marks and bleeds> click <use document bleed settings>
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10. REMEMBER!
Whatever extends past your page to the bleed line
will be trimmed off in the print production process.
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Frame and size your graphics accordingly!
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