What we have done is create a document that will have a final trim of 8.5×11″ with 1/8″ bleed on each side of the page.Ĥ. Click ok to confirm this and you are now ready to create your design. This will bring you back to the Page Setup window and you will see for Page Size it now shows the custom page size we just created (8.75×11.25). Then change all your Non-printable Area values to zero then click ok. Set the name to 8.75×11.25 and paper size to the same.
Click the plus (+) icon to add a new Custom Page Size. We are going to be forcing the document size larger so that bleeds can be included in the layout.ģ. Next under the File Menu choose Page Setup.Ģ. In this example we are creating a final piece size of 8.5×11″ġ. But when we are done, you will end up with 1/8″ bleeds on all sides of your piece. Visually your page will appear the same as if it didn’t have bleeds. We are going to make our document size larger so that bleeds can be added. Word does not include a feature to include bleeds.
