Green Rulers and full checkerboard backround

[Lisa.Bauer]

I have been working in Illustrator all day, when I went to make my last file I got this weird all checkerboard screen with green marks around what I think is my art board. I unchecked "Show Center Mark", "Show Cross Hairs" and "Show Video Safe Areas" from the artboard options. Also the"overprint view" isn't checked. 

Also when I created the file it created 2 artboards, one the size I dictated, the other was huge.

I attached a screen show of what I am seeing. 

[Ton Frederiks]

That is what you get when you base your new document on a Video Preset.

Select one of the Art & Illustration or Print presets when creating a new document.

[pedley_s · Accepted solution]

I've done this before. Under the View Menu, go down to where the Rulers section is. Choose "Hide Video Rulers."