: Bleed and registration marks on an interactive PDF? I've created a few files for a client. They are standard forms that they will need to fill several times, each with different information.

@Pope1402555

For anyone looking for a solution for this and finding that their page elements get resized like mine, here is what I did:


Add a rectangle that is the size of your page

Mine was 8.5" x 11"


Make sure that the new rectangle is centered on the pageI used the align tools, making sure to set it to "Align to page"

Group all of the page's elements, including the frameYou will need to do steps 1-3 for each page of your document, as InDesign has a seperate set of layers for each page
In Document Setup (File -> Document Setup), set your document size to the desired size for your finished product Factor in bleedsFactor in slugsIf you'd like to create the marks via @Wildcard 's method, you can just plug in that document's dimensionsInDesign has resized your layer groups!
Select your group of layers and making sure the proportions are restrained,
resize them to your desired sizeHere I just resized it back to 8.5"
x 11"
Center your group(s) on the page
Ungroup your elements, they'll return to their proper layers
You can delete that frame you made at the beginning now.
Now, if you're adding your own bleed and registration marks, you've got a perfectly centered and proportioned document to work with.

Now would be the time to place your guides that you made via @Wildcard 's suggestion in your document.

This solution was what I ended up needing to do because I'd already made documents with 200+ form fields and styling for each on a layer beneath. I couldn't (more like wouldn't) start from scratch.

Note: If you're wondering why I created a frame in the first step, it is because I wanted something with a simple size and shape to reference when resizing. This was easiest for me because all the text boxes from page to page resulted in element groups with varied heights and widths. You could always just note the size your group is at the start of the process and resize it back to that, but for me, adding a frame allowed for easy resizing and alignment.

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@Gonzalez368

Select ALL the text in your file and "hide" it.
Export the InDesign file as a for-print PDF with bleed, registration, crop marks, whatever. The result should be a correctly sized PDF with nothing but the desired marks.
"Place" the resulting file back into your InDesign file at exact size (no scaling).
Center it to your page. (Object -> Align, I believe.)
Select Object -> Arrange -> Send to back. Put it on its own layer. Lock it.
Expand your canvas/page to match.
Show all your text again.
Export as interactive PDF. You now have all the crop marks, etc., as part of the interactive PDF.


There may be a better way. But I know this will work.

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