Ruler Guides on Master Pages

Barry Monks

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    • September 13, 2017 at 1:56 am #98029
      Barry Monks
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      Hi. Ruler guides placed outside the actual page area on a master page do not show on the actual pages. Any ideas?

    • September 13, 2017 at 3:08 am #98030
      Graham Park
      Member

      In the layers option have you unchecked the SHOW GUIDE tick box?

    • September 13, 2017 at 3:45 am #98031
      Barry Monks
      Participant

      Thanks for your response, Graham. Not quite sure where that tick box is, but I’m not using multiple layers anyway. When I draw guides on the master page they show on the document pages OK, but if I draw one outside the actual page area [to indicate bleed margins] they don’t show on the document pages

    • September 13, 2017 at 3:53 am #98032
      Graham Park
      Member

      Barry
      Right click on a layer in the the Layers Pallet (Window > Layers), if you only have one layer it is probably call Layer 1.

      If that is not the problem check in your
      Preferences
      go to Guides & Pasteboard tab
      check in the Guide Options
      is the GUIDES IN BACK checked. If it is the guides might be hiding behind elements on your page.

      If that does not fix it it is probably time to reset your preferences on the Mac hold Shift+Option+Command+Control and start InDesign, say yes when asked if you want to reset preferences.

    • September 13, 2017 at 4:17 am #98033
      Barry Monks
      Participant

      Thanks, Graham. Tried both of those but no luck. If I set preferences, will I lose all my shortcuts etc? I tried creating a brand new document but it seems that guides on master page pasteboard simply won’t show in the document pasteboard – would that be right?

    • September 13, 2017 at 4:27 am #98034
      Graham Park
      Member

      I leave this one to someone else, I have not have this issue.
      Before you reset the preferences read the Adobe help page.

      https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/setting-preferences.html

    • September 13, 2017 at 4:31 am #98035
      Barry Monks
      Participant

      Thanks for trying, Graham. So do your master page pasteboard guides show on document pages?

    • September 13, 2017 at 4:46 am #98036
      Graham Park
      Member

      Yes they do, place a guide on a master page that is applied to the page in the document.

      Can you drag guides onto the page you are having problems with? Does this happen wiht all documents or only one?
      If it is only one then it might be corrupt.
      To fix that corruption save the file as an IDML file and then reopen, If this solves the problem you have a corrupt document.

      If you want to reset the preferences read this link you can save a copy of your shortcuts and then replace them after you reset preferences.
      https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/customize-menus-keyboard-shortcuts.html

    • September 13, 2017 at 6:04 am #98039
      Barry Monks
      Participant

      No, I have no other problem with guides and it’s the same on all old or new docs. I read somewhere just now that guides entirely on the pasteboard will not show in the document. I want them to mark the bleed area so I can align image edges to it. It was suggested that simply increasing the page size would be a work around but this seems ridiculous.

    • September 13, 2017 at 6:20 am #98040
      Bob Terry
      Member

      If you set the bleed in Document Setup, you will see it in the Normal View in Screen Mode. My bleed lines show up as red.

    • September 13, 2017 at 6:27 am #98041
      Graham Park
      Member

      OK this is easy.

      With your document open go to FILE > DOCUMENT SETUP and enter the bleed setting you want there. This will create the guides you want.
      The guides will show in Red in the normal view.

      Got to VIEW > SCREEN MODE and you can set Normal, Bleed etc, try them and see which you like.

      You can also set this in the NEW DOCUMENT dialogue box (scroll down) and you will see it.
      This also sets the default bleed for exporting to PDF.

    • September 13, 2017 at 6:52 am #98042
      Barry Monks
      Participant

      Graham, you are a genius. Thank you so much.

    • September 13, 2017 at 6:56 am #98043
      Barry Monks
      Participant

      “If you set the bleed in Document Setup, you will see it in the Normal View in Screen Mode. My bleed lines show up as red”

      Thank you, Robert (Bob). That’s a good workaround but Graham’s suggestion is the solution.

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