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Mar 5, 2018 6:54 AM UTC
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Uneditable Guides - Illustrator

Hey all, I'm working on an illustrator project and am using a lot of guides... most of my guides I can edit and move around just fine, but there is one guide - just one - that I cannot edit or delete at all. It is not on any locked layer, guides are not locked, nothing else I have seen has led me to any solutions, and I've tried most everything. Has anyone encountered this error before? I'm not sure if it's a bug or if I'm just not looking in the right places.

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Inspiring
Jul 8, 2024 1:49 PM UTC

The guide lock feature appears to occasionally get corrupted, acting as if locked for one, some, or all guides, but not indicated by either a layer lock or a document-level all-guide lock. This will cause frustrating attempts to select guides, which may appear to be selected for a split second just before being immediately deselected. When this occurs, as it recently often does, toggle the document-level all-guide lock on and back off again; use menu View > Guides > Lock Guides, then View > Guides > Unlock Guides, or double-tap the shortcut shown (Ctrl+Alt+; on Windows or Cmd+Opt+; on a Mac).

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Bill Silbert
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Mar 5, 2018 2:05 PM UTC

Have you tried Unlock All under the Object Menu?

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macpawel
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Mar 5, 2018 8:16 AM UTC

Please upload screen with it

pawel

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