User Guide

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Illustrator does not recognize trim
marks created with the Trim Marks filter
as special objects when creating color
separations. As a result, trim marks do
not affect the bounding box, or print-
able image area, around the artwork.
Trim marks are useful, therefore, when
you want to create several sets of crop
marks around objects on a page—for
example, when you are creating a sheet
of business cards to be printed.
Trim marks created with the Trim Marks
filter do not replace crop marks created
with the Separation Setup dialog box or
Make Cropmarks command.
To create trim marks around an object:
Select the object, and choose Filter >
Create > Trim Marks.