How to crop to trim box

I have dozens of multiple page PDF documents with bleed and slug information. I'm looking to create a duplicate set of these documents that are all cropped down to the trim dimensions. I'm guessing there must be a better method than using the crop tool and manually drawing the box, but I have not figure it out yet. Any suggestions?

Ahh... okay. Now I understand.
From the file menu: view > tools > print production
Then select: "Set Page Boxes"
Look at what the "Margin Controls" are for "TrimBox" (in the drop down menu).
Then apply those same settings to the "CropBox" in the same drop down.
In "Page Range" select "All"
Then click OK.
All the bleed information is still there, but that's okay in my case.
Hope this helps someone else!

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Use the getPageBox method.
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I've seen this question in one other place on the forum, but it doesn't look like it ever got answered. It's been driving me nuts for months, so I'm going to try to do a very simple walkthrough for this problem to find out if this is a glitch in the software, or I'm doing something wrong.
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yes, in the pure definition of the word in the world of print, Crop DOES equal trim...in the exact concept of what YOU see it as.
in Adobe's little bubble, they decided to call the outer box the "Crop" so that they could differentiate between trim and crop in the page box model.
These pictures should help, if not, I'm not going to continue to explain something that you don't want to grasp.
Each picture shows what Acrobat is calling each page box line. since they felt the need to call one trim and one crop, you have to widen your concept of what Adobe is defining "crop" as. Not saying its right, but it is what they are doing, and what is causing the whole issue.
All that aside, if you are not understanding the page box model, then your PDFs are probably not set up this way, so you probably wouldn't even notice the change... So why are you posting on this thread?

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G

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I have justed upgraded CS2 to CS5. How do I set artboard crop or trim marks for printing? It was under the "OBJECTS" menu in CS2, but I can't find it in CS5.

it actually works the same way but better you don't see it that way but with perhaps more experience you might catch on and say "oh now I see that' all I have to do.
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If the trim is set it should display it! why should we have to go to document/crop pages>trim.
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Acrobat 7 / 8 etc.
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<UserControl x:Class="CCIS.View.Case.vBoxPetitioner"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:v="clr-namespace:CCIS.View.Case"
xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:CCIS.ViewModel.Case"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignWidth="300"
d:DesignHeight="200">
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<v:vPetitioner Margin="0,2,0,0" />
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</Grid>
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Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
Imports System
Imports CCIS.Model.Party
Namespace CCIS.ViewModel.Case
''' <summary>
''' ViewModel of an individual Email
''' </summary>
Public Class vmPetitioner
Inherits vmParty
''' <summary>
''' The Email object backing this ViewModel
''' </summary>
Private petitioner As tblParty
''' <summary>
''' Initializes a new instance of the EmailViewModel class.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="detail">The underlying Email this ViewModel is to be based on</param>
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Throw New ArgumentNullException("detail")
End If
Me.petitioner = detail
End Sub
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''' Gets the underlying Email this ViewModel is based on
''' </summary>
Public Overrides ReadOnly Property Model() As tblParty
Get
Return Me.petitioner
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End Property
''' <summary>
''' Gets or sets the actual email address
''' </summary>
Public Property fldPartyId() As String
Get
Return Me.petitioner.fldPartyId
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
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End Set
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End Class
End Namespace
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Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports CCIS.Model.Case
Imports CCIS.Model.Party
Imports CCIS.ViewModel.Helpers
Namespace CCIS.ViewModel.Case
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''' Common functionality for ViewModels of an individual ContactDetail
''' </summary>
Public MustInherit Class vmParty
Inherits ViewModelBase
''' <summary>
''' Gets the underlying ContactDetail this ViewModel is based on
''' </summary>
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'''' Gets the underlying ContactDetail this ViewModel is based on
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''' Constructs a view model to represent the supplied ContactDetail
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Return Nothing
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xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
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mc:Ignorable="d"
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<ResourceDictionary Source=".\CompactFormStyles.xaml" />
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<Border Style="{StaticResource DetailBorder}">
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<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
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</Grid>
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The problem, presumably, seems to be is that the binding path "PetitionerLookup" of the ItemSource of the Combo box in the view vPetitioner exists in a different ViewModel vmCase which serves as an ObservableCollection for MainViewModel. Therefore,
what I need to Know is how to route the binding path if it exists in a different ViewModel?
Sir, I look forward to your early reply bringing a workable solution to the problem I face.
Warm Regards,
Arun

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