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Carol F Metzger
Carol F Metzger
Inspiring
June 19, 2022
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ruler guides are there but hard to see

  • June 19, 2022
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Hi, everyone.

I can just barely see the guides I drag out from the ruler in InDesign. They are a faint aqua color. I do not see a way to change these in Preferences -> Guides & Pasteboard (screen shot below). As far as I know, these are not "smart guides." Smart Guides is turned off.

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Correct answer Diane Burns

Try Layout menu > Ruler Guides. You can change the color there.

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Diane Burns
Diane BurnsCorrect answer
Inspiring
June 19, 2022

Try Layout menu > Ruler Guides. You can change the color there.

    Carol F Metzger
    Carol F MetzgerAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 19, 2022

    Thank you!
    I really wonder why there is no complete, indexed, written documentation. All I find is videos and my searches are ineffective.
    If it were not for other users I would be lost, and I have been a "power user"* since PageMaker.

    *Former sysop on CompuServe. I am extremely old.

    Frans v.d. Geest
    Community Expert
    Frans v.d. GeestCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 19, 2022

    There is! Online when you choose 'Help' from the menu 😉

    But you can go directly here:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.html

    Or download the 689 pages PDF here:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/indesign_reference.pdf

     

     

      Mike Witherell
      Community Expert
      Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 19, 2022

      Carol, what is your monitor size in inches and pixel count?

      Do you have display settings scaled up or down? In ID preferences, do you have interface scaling on or off?

      What happens if you play around with either of these settings (in the OS or the app)?

      Mike Witherell
      Carol F Metzger
      Carol F MetzgerAuthor
      Inspiring
      June 19, 2022

      21.5-inch 4096x2304 500 nits brightness, Wide color (P3)

      UI Scaling set to Small as advised by some other UI issue, IIRC it was  a problem with grids not showing at all.
      I do not have "Scale Cursor" checked.

      Will change guide color first per Diane's reply below.

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