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Tom Goodell
Tom Goodell
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June 3, 2022
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How can I change the color of my guides?

My guides in InDesign are all a light cyan, which I find hard to see. How can I change the color of the guides? I'd like to apply the color to the guides whether they are selected or not.

    jmlevy
    jmlevyCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    June 3, 2022

    Go to the Layout menu > Ruler guides.

    New guides will have the color you will choose in the dropdown menu. Note that you must select existing guides to change their color. 

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    JoePeg
    JoePeg
    Inspiring
    August 23, 2024

    A helpful hint: You can select all existing ruler guides on a spread by pressing Command+Option+G (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+G (PC).

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 3, 2022

    I'd like to apply the color to the guides whether they are selected or not

     

    Hi @Tom Goodell , You can change all of the guides in a document via a script. This would change them all to Lipstick. To use a different UI color, replace LIPSTICK with the color name in all caps, e.g. BLUE, DARK_BLUE, GRID_GREEN:

     

     

    app.activeDocument.guides.everyItem().guideColor = UIColors.LIPSTICK

     

     

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      Tom Goodell
      Tom GoodellAuthor
      Known Participant
      June 3, 2022

      @rob day Thank you—the script is super helpful, I'm pretty new to scripting so that will help get me started.

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      LaubenderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 4, 2022

      Hi Tom,

      look up every possible value for UIColor here:

      https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#UIColors.html

       

      Or use a custom RGB color for the guides.

      Sample code for the reddest red you can get with RGB below ( values go from 0 to 255 )

      app.activeDocument.guides.everyItem().guideColor = [ 255 , 0 , 0 ];

       

      Regards,
      Uwe Laubender
      ( Adobe Community Professional )

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        jmlevy
        Community Expert
        jmlevyCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        June 3, 2022

        Go to the Layout menu > Ruler guides.

        New guides will have the color you will choose in the dropdown menu. Note that you must select existing guides to change their color. 

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          Tom Goodell
          Tom GoodellAuthor
          Known Participant
          June 3, 2022

          @jmlevy Thank you—just what I needed! I was looking in Preferences, it wouldn't have occurred to me to  look in the Layout menu.

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