1. Open InDesign and Create a New Document.

2. Set the size of the document to your intended final trim size.

3. Set the Margins to 0.125 inches for all sides.

4. If your printed piece bleeds then add a 0.125 inch bleed on all sides like the image to the right. If your piece will not bleed please leave it set at 0 in.

6. Click Ok.

* Please note this example bleeds.

 

The image to the left shows the upper left corner of the InDesign Canvas. The red line indicates where the design should stop. The black line indicates where the piece will trim. Keep all of your critical text and images inside the purple line.

Design your item however you like... Just make sure to extend the design to the edge and keep all critical text inside the guides as depicted to the right.

1. When your document is complete and it is ready for printing convert all type to outlines.

2. Before doing this make sure to save a seperate editable verison of the document without all of the type in outlines. Just in case you need to come back and edit it or revise it later.

3. In your document select all text objects. Or simply Select all.

4. Go to type. Then to Create Outlines.

 

 

To the left is a before and after image of how the the appearance of the type will change. When the type is not outlined it is simply underlined indicating it is editable. When it is outlined the blue line outlines the curves of the text and it is no longer underlined.

 

1. Go to File > Export.

2. Name your File appropriately, with no spaces, and be sure to include the word front, if it is the front file, and vice versa if it is the back file.

3. Select the PDF option, and click save.

 

1. For Adobe PDF Preset select the Press Quality option.

2. For Compatibility select the Acrobat 7 PDF option.

 

 

 

1. Under Monochrome Bitmap Images set Compression to None.

2. Make sure Compression settings match the image on the left.

 

We do not want any Printers Marks at all, and Bleed has already been built into the file. Make sure your screen matches the image to the right.

 

 

Output setting should match the image on the left.

 

Advanced settings should match the image on the right.

 

 

Please do not apply any security settings. Match the image to the left.

 

1. The summary of your file should appear as it does to the right.

2. Click "Export" and you're done.

Make sure you save one file for the front and one file for the back, if it is a two sided piece.