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Bill,

You don't need to create an over-sized page to bleed things off the
page. Use the Object Properties box to give the tabs dimensions that
will send them off the edge by 1/8 inch or 9pt.

However, be careful of just creating a "bleeding" tab to the edge of
the page size. The whole reason that these things bleed off more than
the page size and are cut is so that you can actually see the bleed on
the final product. Depending upon your print process, there may be
some minor mis-registration or paper wobble during feed and you will
end up with a sliver of white between the tab and the edge of the
final sheet of paper.

If you're printer is doing the custom page size on a press, he's
probably doing more than one page on a sheet anyway, so folding and
cutting is going to happen regardless.

Some digital printers can print edge-to-edge, so if your page size is
the same as the sheet size, then you can do it. However, if your final
page size is not the same as the sheet size, then you can't avoid the
trimming stage.