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Title: Eliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: Farland on March 08, 2018, 02:12:39 PM
So this is probably a very easy fix, but it is really frustrating me.  I've been working off a template, and now I want to export my PDF for digital use.  But I can't figure out a way to delete the gutter allowance (the white strip on the inside of each page). I am sure it's an easy fix but I can't find it.  Can anyone help?
Title: Re: Eiliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: Farland on March 08, 2018, 02:15:03 PM
Here is the .sla file I am using (minus all the content).

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Title: Re: Eiliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: utnik on March 08, 2018, 04:59:46 PM
hi farland

this isn't a gutter issue – your image frames end 1/8" inside of the edges of your pages.

utnik
Title: Re: Eiliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: Farland on March 08, 2018, 05:33:16 PM
Thanks Utnik.  So instead of redoing 197 pages of images, is there an easy way to fix this and create an 8.5x11 pdf?
Title: Re: Eiliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: utnik on March 08, 2018, 06:33:11 PM
hi farland

Quote from: Farland on March 08, 2018, 05:33:16 PM...is there an easy way to fix this and create an 8.5x11 pdf?

i fear you have to do it the hard way – but as some of the images are on master pages, it's not really 197 times the same boring task...

utnik
Title: Re: Eiliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: Farland on March 08, 2018, 07:13:38 PM
Thanks again.  I guess what confuses me is that I made my images to be 8.5 inches wide and the ruler across the top indicates that I'm working with 8.625".  I was hoping I could somehow change a setting to make it actually 8.5".  Did that make sense?
Title: Re: Eiliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: utnik on March 08, 2018, 07:24:09 PM
Quote from: Farland on March 08, 2018, 07:13:38 PM...what confuses me is that I made my images to be 8.5 inches wide and the ruler across the top indicates that I'm working with 8.625".

you're working with a page width of 8.5" and 0.125" of outer bleeds – and the images are set to the bleeds (as usual) but are just 8.5" wide (not enough to fill the bleeds and the full page...)

utnik
Title: Re: Eiliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: Farland on March 08, 2018, 07:52:26 PM
Sorry if I am sounding dense.  If I print for a digital pdf is there a way to adjust the size of the page just down to 8.5 so as not to show the outer bleed at all on the pdf? I guess I am a bit confused; sorry if you already addressed this.
Title: Re: Eiliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: utnik on March 09, 2018, 12:52:09 AM
Quote from: Farland on March 08, 2018, 07:52:26 PM...is there a way to adjust the size of the page just down to 8.5 so as not to show the outer bleed at all on the pdf?

of course you can cut off the bleeds ('save as pdf' → 'pre-press' → 'bleed settings') – but in your case this will cut off the part of the images in the bleed area and not rearrange the images to fill the trim box (final page size).

utnik
Title: Re: Eliminating Gutter Allowance
Post by: Farland on March 09, 2018, 12:51:20 PM
Okay, I get it now. Thank you.