Changing all document color to CMYK + inserting corner marks

I have two queries regarding Illustrator:
1) I have a document including both pantone and CMYK colors, as well as both traditional black and process black. How do I convert all color in the document to CMYK?
2) I have sent material to our priting house for new envelopes but they stress that marks are missing in the corners. How do I insert such marks?
I use Illustrator CS3 v.13.0.2 with Windows XP on a HP XW4400 Workstation.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best regards
Christian Fink Buhl

Select all the spot colours in the Swatches panel and choose "Swatch Options" from the flyout menu. Make the swatches Process instead of Spot.
If the artboard is the sized to your desired trim you should not have to do this. Still, you can go to Objext > Crop Area > Make and crop marks will be drawn corresponding to the corners of the artboard. If your artboard does not match the trim area make a rectangle for the envelope first, then use the same command. This will convert the rectangle to trim marks.

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