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How do I add guidelines around my InDesign page?

Community Beginner ,
Jan 29, 2022 Jan 29, 2022

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Can anyone help me please, I don't know how to add guidelines around my page.

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Community Expert , Feb 01, 2022 Feb 01, 2022

Hi Billy:

 

You are in Preview mode. Choose View > Screen Mode > Normal.

 

~Barb

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Jan 29, 2022 Jan 29, 2022

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There are various kinds of guidelines. You can choose column and bleed guides when you set up your document and  under Layout > Margins and Guides and in Preferences there are Grids which includes the Baseline Grid. Also have a look at View > Extras and View > Grids and Guides. You can pull out guides via the rulers.

You can hide them via View > Screen Mode and toggle between Normal and Preview using the keyboard shortcut "w" (no quote marks). I always press Esc before hitting "w" to ensure that nothing is selected so as to prevent unwanted "w"s being inserted!

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Feb 01, 2022 Feb 01, 2022

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Thank you for the help but it hasn't worked. 

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I want to get guidelines around the photos, text and the page. If I open up another indesign document it has the lines, like so. 

image.jpg How do I get this on my document. 

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Feb 01, 2022 Feb 01, 2022

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Try View > Extras > Show Frame Edges

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In addition to the good information above, if you don't see rulers around your page, go to View> Show rulers. You can click and drag on the horizontal & vertical ruler to add guide lines (that do not print or export). If you want to add an actual border around your objects, you do this by adding a stroke, Window> Stroke. You can change the color in the swatches panel.

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Feb 01, 2022 Feb 01, 2022

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Thank you for the help but it hasn't worked. 

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I want to get guidelines around the photos, text and the page. If I open up another indesign document it has the lines, like so. 

Billy22895875niw3_2-1643733853483.jpeg

How do I get this on my document. 

 

 

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Hi Billy:

 

You are in Preview mode. Choose View > Screen Mode > Normal.

 

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Thank you. 
it has now worked 

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Feb 02, 2022 Feb 02, 2022

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Glad that worked for you, Billy. We are always happy to help.

 

~Barb

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