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Addison3389274810rd
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November 27, 2023
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Guide Line Help?

  • November 27, 2023
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Hello, I am a student who is still learning the InDesign program. Last semester my instructor added these guidelines to the corners of my papers (I am not sure what they are, or if they are even guides). They only show up when I export my projects, though. They are invisible when I am working as well as if I print, but I need help deleting them off of my exports! I have attached an example below, please help! 

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Correct answer Joel Cherney

Those are called "crop marks." They're usually used to tell the printer where to cut the edge of the page off. If they are appearing in your PDF exports, the checkbox is found in the "Marks and Bleeds" section of the "PDF Export Options" dialog that appears after you choose to export a print PDF:

 

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Luke Jennings3
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Luke Jennings3Community Expert
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November 27, 2023

Here is a link to some useful information about page boxes:

https://www.prepressure.com/pdf/basics/page-boxes#:~:text=There%20can%20in%20fact%20be,equals%20the%20actual%20page%20size.

 

    Joel Cherney
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    Joel CherneyCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    November 27, 2023

    Those are called "crop marks." They're usually used to tell the printer where to cut the edge of the page off. If they are appearing in your PDF exports, the checkbox is found in the "Marks and Bleeds" section of the "PDF Export Options" dialog that appears after you choose to export a print PDF:

     

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      Addison3389274810rdAuthor
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      November 28, 2023

      That worked, thank you so much! 

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