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scubatank
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December 13, 2013
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Smart Guides Not Showing

  • December 13, 2013
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Hi,

Smart Guides are not showing when I use Adobe Illustrator CC.

There were several posts in this forum that suggest turning of "snap to grid" and double checking the preferences that smart guides are on. I've done both and provided screenshots.

Smart Guides is very important feature to me. I need it urgently back on.

Thanks

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    Correct answer Larry G. Schneider

    Any chance you might have have hit Cmd(Ctrl)-U which is the toggle for Smart Guides?

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    ryujiu71071477
    Participant
    July 8, 2019

    TNX!!!

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      scubatankAuthor
      Participant
      December 13, 2013

      Thank you so much - Command-U brought back the smart guides - looks like the preferences are not the final word whether smart guides show up. There is an additional toggle under the "View" menu ... kind of confusing. I would have thought that the preferences were the final say on whether guides are on or not.

      Thank you for helping me turn them back on!

        Jacob Bugge
        Community Expert
        Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 13, 2013

        amarzum,

        It could be a preference corruption.

        You may try to:

        1) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);

        or:

        2) Move the folder Other options (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible).

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          Whitley Jordan
          Participant
          December 3, 2021

          WOW thank you SO SO SO SO much

            Jacob Bugge
            Community Expert
            Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            December 3, 2021

            You are welcome, Whitley.

             

            Larry G. Schneider
            Community Expert
            Larry G. SchneiderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
            Community Expert
            December 13, 2013

            Any chance you might have have hit Cmd(Ctrl)-U which is the toggle for Smart Guides?

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              rafałd75274241
              Participant
              October 11, 2017

              It helped me also to turn off "Snap to grid" option.

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