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Gabor8
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2022
Answered

Guides don't move

  • January 24, 2022
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I cannot move guides, neither on sample pages nor on document pages.

 

The guides ar neither fixed nor placed on a different layer.

Restarting the program didn't help either nor restart of my Mac.

 

What can I do?

Correct answer Peter Spier

#Peter Spier, thanks a lot! You are the master of graphics. Didn't know this feature yet. Great!

 

Two questions still:

 

#1 – On page 2 there's a picture in the background that I can't select (text: Eigene Studienarbeiten Auswahl), to work around this I covered the middle upper section of my page (text: Küchenscheren) with a blank white square, so I could type the new text block above that. How can I remove that background picture (sitting on the same layer)?

 

#2 – Could you download and open my InDesign file from my upload on this page or did you download it from Dropbox? I just try to learn.


I opened your file from the links posted above.

I see a number of locked objects on page 2 when I expand the layer in the panel. No doubt this is why you cannot select them. You can change this behavior by going to the General section of the preferences and unchecking the box for Prevent Selection of Locked Objects in the Object Editing section. This will allow you select and edit locked objects, but not move or delete them. To do that they must be unlocked, which you can do in the Layers panel.

4 replies

Barb Binder
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 24, 2022

These options were covered, but sometimes screenshots help...

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-cant-select-guides/

 

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Derek Cross
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 24, 2022

To delete the horizontal guides on the Parent pages -

 Layout  > Create Guides > Remove Existing Ruler Guides.

Gabor8
Gabor8Author
Participating Frequently
January 25, 2022

#Derek Cross, thank you, I checked that before (further up in the thread). No positive results.

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 24, 2022

Although you say this is not the case, the most likely reason the guides will not move is that they are either locked (View > Grids and Guides), or they are on a locked layer.

Gabor8
Gabor8Author
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2022

I checked that, believe me.

pixxxelschubser
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 24, 2022

Are the guides on a Master page?

Gabor8
Gabor8Author
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2022

Yes, that's what I meant by saying "sample pages", of course they are called "Master Pages" correctly, sorry for my vocabulary flaws 😉

Derek Cross
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 24, 2022

Are the guides on a Parent page?