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emmysue32
emmysue32
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May 11, 2012
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Deleting Guides

  • May 11, 2012
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I'm wondering why I can't delete some guides from some INDD files. I right-click on the ruler and select 'delete all guides from spread', and some remain. I go to the master pages and delete from there as well, but they are not on a master page. I have also never been successful in deleting a guide by selecting it directly, unless it is one that goes across the entire pasteboard. The ones within the document are unselectable for me. Any tips? Thank you in advance!

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    Correct answer Peter Spier

    Sounds like guides are locked

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    casamia743
    Participant
    August 27, 2015

    There are two type of guide in indesign.

    First one is, as generally used, just GUIDE. This guide is created in the Layout > Create guides, and so on....

    Second one is, I think this may be the main reason of many questions which saying "cann't delete guide!", DOCUMENT COLUMN GUIDE. This guide is created when you first initialize your document or you can setup this in the Layout > margin and columns. The minimum value is 1, because the whole page itself is a column.

    So, when you struck in problem with guides, please check the document column guide number. If you wanna make your page clear, setup that value as 1.

    JFYI, when you go to the View > Grid & Guides, there are two guide view options. "Lock guides" and "Lock column guides"  As I already mentioned, this lock options is for the each type of guide.

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      Sheraz30027474ze9c
      Participant
      May 25, 2023

      Awesome answer - this solved my problem with the "Second one is, I think this may be the main reason of many questions which saying "cann't delete guide!", DOCUMENT COLUMN GUIDE. This guide is created when you first initialize your document or you can setup this in the Layout > margin and columns. The minimum value is 1, because the whole page itself is a column."

       

      Peter Spier
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      Peter SpierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      May 11, 2012

      Sounds like guides are locked

      emmysue32
      emmysue32Author
      Participating Frequently
      May 11, 2012

      Such a simple thing. You're right. Thank you!!

      emmysue32
      emmysue32Author
      Participating Frequently
      September 14, 2012

      so guess what, I have found a few files that are behaving the way that prompted me to write. The guides are all unlocked, and there are none on the master pages, but still will not delete. Here are some screengrabs of me checking the master pages and trying to delete the guides. I can provide the indd file if anyone wants to see it. I'm so perplexed. I have two other examples, too.

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