Indesign won't show guides and background is black

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February 22, 2012
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As I was working on a project, the background suddenly when black and my guides wont show even though it says they are not hidden. its almost like it is in preview mode but I can still move my images and all the options are there. can anyone tell me how to fix it?

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Correct answer SJRiegel

It's set to preview mode-- click here to change to normal

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Md. Jahanger Alam0101

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Thanks for the Heads Up!

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novasen

Participant

my icons on my tools are black and so is my top ruler. How do I fix this?

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özcan özkan

Participant

Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard > Preview Background > Light Grey

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K_shericeAuthor

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yah its view- i can edit anything and what not, but I just can't see my margin, guides, bleed and obviously the background is black.i've tried exiting the program and restarting and this file continues to do this even though i didn't change anything. do the guides looks correctly set up on this? i'm a new indesign user in school and my teacher doesn't know waht to do either lol.

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SJRiegelCorrect answer

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It's set to preview mode-- click here to change to normal

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K_shericeAuthor

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thanks! your a life saver!

Peter Spier

Community Expert

Looks to me like you are in Preview mode (that's what the icon in the toolbox says) and you've change the background color from Gray to Black. You can edit that inthe prefs under Guids and Pasteboard. Preview mode does not disable anyu editing capabilities, it just hides the pasteboard, and all non-printing objects, including guides.