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Scott Falkner
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Scott FalknerCommunity Expert
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February 15, 2022
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What the heck does this mean? (Preferences: Show/Hide Ruler)

  • February 15, 2022
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In Preferences > General there is an option for Show/Hide Ruler. What does it mean? Does it mean to show the ruler or to hide the ruler? I see no effect on new documents. Whether the option is checked or not new documents do not show the ruler.

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    Correct answer Ton Frederiks

    If you turn that option On and you show the ruler in your document, all other documents that you create or open will have the ruler on.

    If you turn that option On and you hide the ruler in your document, all other documents that you create or open will have the ruler hidden.

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    Met1
    Met1
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    February 15, 2022

    Everyone not at Adobe Community Professional level are feeling a lot better about themselves today, so thanks for the warm fuzzies Scott... :-}

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    February 15, 2022

    Glad I could help 🙂

     

    Met1
    Met1
    Legend
    February 15, 2022

    I do appreciate all your help Ton, but I think my attempt at a joke at Scott's expense failed miserably... oh well, back to lurking...

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    February 15, 2022

    If you turn that option Off it depends on the New Document Profile and for existing documents, if saved with or without Ruler if the ruler is shown or not.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 15, 2022

    If you turn that option On and you show the ruler in your document, all other documents that you create or open will have the ruler on.

    If you turn that option On and you hide the ruler in your document, all other documents that you create or open will have the ruler hidden.

      Scott Falkner
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      Scott FalknerCommunity ExpertAuthor
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      February 15, 2022

      I see. It is very poorly named, which is a theme with a lot of Adobe features. Looking at you, Allow Document Pages to Shuffle.

       

      Turn the option on and ruler visability is sticky. New documents will adopt the ruler visibility of the current document. Also ⌘-R will afect all documents with the option on.

       

      I don’t know what it should be called, but I know what it shouldn’t be called.

        Ton Frederiks
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        Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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        February 15, 2022

        It is an option to Show/Hide Rulers by default. It could have been named better.

        What is really wrong is that you cannot find what it does in the Help file. There is no documentation that describes every item in the Preferences.

        You need to Google Illustrator Show/Hide Rulers to find a Uservoice topic that explains it.

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