Exporting CS5 file to PDF causes the document size to enlarge on PDF!

I need help... FAST! I have a 14-page 4CP calendar that bleeds on three sides. The bleed size is 3/16", per the printer's requirements. When I export the file from InDesign to PDF, the overall page size is increased by exactly 3/16"! I nearly missed this and approved the job for printing. Luckily, I turned on the rulers in the PDF file to double-check all the page elements were properly placed and wouldn't fall on the fold. That's when I discovered that objects that I had placed on a page were extending into the fold and onto the next page. I went back to my InDesign file and found that those elements were properly placed and did not extend into the fold as they were doing in the PDF file. I tried different PPDs, exporting the file with and without printer's marks... all to no avail. I finally printed the file to a Postscript (PS) file and then exported that file to PDF and got it to work. However, I would prefer to avoid that extra step. What is going on? Why is the file enlarging (coincidentally the EXACT same amount that the bleed was set for) and/or what am I doing wrong? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

Are you familiar with bleeds etc? i.e. have you used them before? It sounds to me as if you're doing everything mostly right but not realising that Acrobat and Reader (please don't mention Mac Preview) show the size including the bleeds when you choose those options upon export from Indesign.
Go back and check your document setup. Page size should be excatly just that, finished page size. Bleed settings (you might have to tick more options to see them) should be also just that. Export the PDF, go to 'Marks and bleeds' tick 'Use Document bleed settings' and you're done. The document will appear bigger.
oh and use the camera button for screenshots.
You can see the actual size of the doc by going Advanced > Print Production > Crop Pages and toggling between TrimBox (the size the page will get trimmed to) and CropBox (which includes the bleeds and is what displays).

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