Document setup bleed lines absent

[jodyr]

I'm setting up the bleed on a set of InDesign CS5.5 documents. When I go to File: Document Setup: More Options, and set the bleed to .125 in, I don't see the little red bleed guide line outside my document outline. I've gone to InDesign: Preferences: Guides and Pasteboard, where I found there is an entry for the bleed guide. I can make guides just fine, I just can't get the bleed guide to show up on my pasteboard anymore.

All clues welcome.

Thanks.

--jody.

[Peter Spier · Accepted solution]

You see other guides, but not the bleed guide?

Can you show us a screen shot?

[jodyr]

Guide previews were turned off. I was able to turn them back on, and thus can now see the bleed guides.

[Jinx55a]

Having the same problem.  Where is the "guide previews" setting?  What did you do to turn them back on?  Anything special?  thanx!

[Peter Spier]

The show/hide guides commands have moved around a bit from versiontoe version, I think, but they shoud still be someplace in the View Menu whatever version you might have. They will not be visible, however, in Preview mode (the pasteboard will also disappear).

[Jinx55a]

Excellent!! Thanx!! CS5.5 BTW

[Chocomantis]

Helped me in 2020 (:

[33_Steps]

Let's start here:

Do you have the pasteboard area on (hit: w)

If it does not show, you may need to trash your preferences.

[Jimmy Papas]

to show guides (bleed, margins) hit ctrl+ ; for windows (you could have mentioned that)

[Kicksta123]

One good reply, thanks

[dagzs23288064]

Excellent reply Brother.\m/

[KTdid.]

ID CC 2017 is creating this problem. My guides are not hidden, they simply are not showing.

[lincolnsmiff]

This was helpful, however didn't solve my problem. I had to go to View > Screen Mode > Normal

[rebeccab14649484]

I had this problem too; using the latest version ID CC 2018.  I found that if my bleed AND slug were set to the same value, the guide color would show for the slug....therefore I thought my bleed lines(set to fiery red in my preferences) were not showing up.  I changed the bleed amount..and magically my red bleed lines appeared