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Hi James, my margin guides have disappeared and they don't appear when I press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Y. However, if I open a new document it works fine. I saw a similar post on this website by someone else and another InDesign Pro replied to this (who is now on holiday) however his response did not work for me. I was wondering if you would now why this document suddenly stopped showing the margin lines as it did work earlier this morning before we did extensive changes to it. Thanks!
Hi Gwen,
Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Y switches to overprint preview and doesn't have much to do with your guides/margins missing.
Here are a couple things to look into.
Are you in preview mode? Check by going to view menu > screen mode > normal
Did you hide your guides? Ctrl+; will toggle visibility of your guides.
Finally, did you apply a masterpage with no margins at all? If so, that would mean you can't see any since you don't have any guides.
I hope one of these options work for you.
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| Comment | Hi James, thanks for you swift response. I'm afraid I described my problem incorrect. You anwser was correct however. I see you are on holiday now so I've posted a new question to another volunteer. That what wasn't showing were my blue outlines of frames, not margin guides. Thanks very much for your help though and hope you have a lovely holiday. Gwen | ||
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James Fritz
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I am an Adobe Certified Instructor in InDesign and many other applications. I look forward to your question.
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I have been using InDesign since 2001. I use it as a designer and teach it daily as an Instructor.
I am also Lynda.com video training author.
www.lynda.com/jamesfritz
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BFA Graphic Design - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee;
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Adobe Certified Instructor, Acrobat;
Adobe Certified Instructor, Photoshop;
Adobe Certified Instructor, InCopy;
Adobe Certified Instructor, Fireworks;
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