Master page guides

And I thought I knew all there was to know about ruler guides! 😂 Thanks, Dave!

~Barb 

Hi Creamer Training,

thank you for the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + G to select all guides on a spread.

FWIW: If that command is not available for whatever reason and it happens that all the guides are on an extra layer totally separate from other objects on other layers, one could lock all other layers but the one with the guides and invoke the menu command Select All to select all the guides.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

That's perfect, Rob. I didn't realize that the color change was for new guides and didn't impact the existing guides. Marking your answer as correct, but JVidal, if you need further clarification, please just ask us.

~Barb 

You set the color of future guides via Layout>Ruler Guides>Color, but there isn’t a way to change the color of an existing guide other than via scripting.

So you could set the guide color before you start creating the guides for the Master pages, and then set a new color for page guides once the Masters are set. Not sur if this helps but something like this:

Master guides set as Gray:

And then as Gold for the new guides added to pages:

You could override an existing master page guide, and change its color via a script

Ruler guide color—document-wide—is controlled in Layout > Ruler Guides. They will always all be the same color.

The only workaround I can think of is to put the master page guides on their own layer, with a unique layer color. The guides will still all use the color defined in the Ruler Guide dialog box, but if you select a guide, they will be highlighted using the layer color. They will also highlight when you hover over them.

~Barb