To ensure your carefully prepared bleed is included in the final exported file check use document bleed settings under bleed and slug.
Bleed indesign in gutter spread.
Under marks check all printer s marks.
This is tricky but can absolutely be done.
Type a bleed value in any units.
Scroll and then click bleed and slug to expand the panel.
Peter s right the best way to handle wire o is build the bleed into the document from the start.
Just place the image or whatever across the gutter of the facing pages.
If you have crossovers you ll need to duplicate the image frame and offset left and right.
Upon launching indesign click create new.
See create a new document to learn more about customizing your new document select the print tab at the top.
For example if you are printing a postcard multiple copies of the postcard will fit on a single press sheet.
Feel free to test this if you aren t trusting me.
There s no way to split up a spread or add pages to a spread when this feature is turned on.
When you output facing pages to a standard single page press ready pdf the bleed will be added to the gutter area.
The key is the allow pages to shuffle option in the pages palette flyout menu.
From the menu on the left hand side of the window select marks and bleeds to open up a new set of options.
You simply don t see the bleed while working and really you don t need to.
I need to split up facing page spreads so i can bleed into the gutter the spine without affecting the opposite page.
If you manually add an inside bleed you have to watchout for crossovers you ll no longer be able cross a single image across the gutter without losing the part of the image that crosses over.
Gutter is the term that refers to the spacing between the copies on the press sheet which is important to allow for bleeds and trimming.
However if you turn it off then you can have all kinds of.
In preset details choose your preferred measurement units.
In the book printing world bleed in particular is an important concept to understand.
If you have an image that stops at the gutter how would indesign know what to bleed.