PDF to Book
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Hi, Sorry to hear of this trouble. I see you’ve been in contact with Customer Support and successfully uploaded your PDF files yesterday. I’d be interested in hearing what your solution was in order to help others that may be having a similar problem. -Craig |
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so would I. im having the same problems! |
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I used the Blurb PDF to book template for the cover and when I used the Blurb PDF/X-3:2002 preset it changed the correct dimensions of the cover so it was not accepted. I began using the Blurb pages template (PDF to book) and only changed the margins not the actual page dimensions. I was also not able to use the PDF/X-3:2002 preset from Blurb for both the cover and pages, because it changed the actual dimensions and was not accepted. What worked was making the PDF using the Adobe preset of PDF x-3:2002 that came with my InDesign, not the actual PDF/X-3:2002 that I previously downloaded from Blurb. In hindsight why did the original Adobe PDF x-3:2002 that came with my InDesign work and the one that Blurb provides (that appears the same name/title) PDF/X-3:2002 work? I thought that just modifying my white space/page margins and NOT the actual page dimensions would not affect the Blurb template or conversion down the road. Hope this info helps….any words of advice for future work? |
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This used to happen to me but I completely found an easy fix. Instead of using the PDF/X-3:2002 export setting as is, I go into the Adobe PDF Presets area of the File Menu in InDesign and click on Define. A window will pop up. Click on “PDF/X-3:2002” but then click “New.” It loads all of the PDF/X-3:2002 presets but allows you to name yourself a new one which I call “Blurb Book Preset.” [Moderator note: Use the Blurb PDF Export Preset (without modification) to achieve the same results]. Once you name your own, in the leftnav, go to “Marks and Bleeds” and in the “Bleed and Slug” area of the dialog box, check the box that says “Use Document Bleed Settings”. Hit OK. Then EXPORT your cover and page documents with this NEW and improved Preset. It works for me every time. It may round up or down on the calculation but that won’t stop the preflight check as long as it’s very close. Btw, in case it matters, I use CS4 Adobe InDesign and I’m on a MacBook Pro. Hope that helps. I fortunately had a very savvy art director at my workplace that was able to figure it out for me and now I’m happy to share the fix. |
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This worked for me! Thank you SO MUCH!!!!! |
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PDF to Book: File Size Changes when making PDF
