[scribus] Page size increases in PDF

[Gregory Pittman]

On 02/05/2010 02:34 PM, Ole Madsen wrote:
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> --- On Fri, 2/5/10, a.l.e<ale.comp_06 at xox.ch>  wrote:
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>> From: a.l.e<ale.comp_06 at xox.ch>
>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Page size increases in PDF
>> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
>> Received: Friday, February 5, 2010, 10:29 AM
>> hi tom,
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>>> When I export to PDF from 1.3.6.svn on Windows Vista,
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>> my page size,
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>>> in Scribus at 8.5 x 11 inches, jumps to 9.26 X 11.76
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>> as a PDF. I
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>>> can't find a setting that may be causing this. Any
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>> help? Thank you.
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>> hard to say (part two)...
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>> how do see that the page size has changed?
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>> ciao
>> a.l.e
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> I had the same issue with 1.3.5.1.  As far as I can tell, it has to do with the bleed settings.  The default setting is not 0 as one might expect.
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> In the Export ->  Save as PDF ->  Pre-Press ->  Bleed settings, change to the settings to '0'.
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> How do I know what the .pdf size is?
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> Open the pdf file with Adobe reader, and when the file is on the screen, move the cursor to the lower left hand corner, and the size will be displayed.
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I does sound like bleed is being applied. This having been said, my 
defaults are no bleed, and 0 for all settings, and I checked in both 
points and inches for units.

Greg