Exporting PDF with bleed

Hello,
I'm sending a document to a printing company in a pdf file. I am trying to export the document so it bleeds off the page. The bleed is set to 0, and when I open the document in Acrobat, it shows it bleeds off the page. The printing company says it doesn't when they open it. Is there any way I can export this as a pdf so it bleeds off the page?
Thanks!

Why do you have it set to zero?
You need to add bleed to the document or set the bleed manually when exporting.
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//==================== Source Code ======================//
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