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How do I change the preview mode background from black to white?

Community Beginner ,
Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

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I am sure it is really simple but the solution seems to be totally eluding me.....

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Community Expert , Feb 29, 2012 Feb 29, 2012

Can't find it in the Preferences? It should be under "Guides and Pasteboard", aptly called "Preview Background":

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-714ba.html

Changing it only affects the current active document. If it's "doing it" for any new documents, then something caused it to be a global setting. Close all of your documents, then change the setting.

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Community Expert ,
Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

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The regular preview mode background color is in the Preferences. (Or do you mean the "Presentation" mode, in CS5.5? That I don't know, but check the Preferences anyway.)

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Community Expert ,
Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

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I bet you're thinking of Presentation mode, available in InDesign CS5 and 5.5. Press Shift-W to choose it. Then press B for Black, W for White and G for Gray.

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New Here ,
Jul 03, 2014 Jul 03, 2014

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Nope, they were talking about changing the Preview Mode color. Preferences > Guides and Pasteboards > Preview Background Color.

Not Presentation Mode. Read the questions and assume people know what they are talking about.

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Advocate ,
Jul 07, 2017 Jul 07, 2017

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Does anyone have a working solution for this? So in presenation mode the background, NOT the regular in app view background    

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 07, 2017 Jul 07, 2017

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Hi,

This is a pretty okd thread.

I suggest you start a new discussion as a question to  ask your querry  specifying the OS and InDesign version.

-Aman

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Advocate ,
Jul 07, 2017 Jul 07, 2017

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Thanks, i found some other threads, seems to be a unfixed bug.         

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Community Expert ,
Jul 09, 2017 Jul 09, 2017

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schroef  wrote

Thanks, i found some other threads, seems to be a unfixed bug.         

Hi,

can you post a link that leads to one of the threads?

Thanks,
Uwe

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 09, 2017 Jul 09, 2017

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Hi,

Presentation Mode stuck on Black background  This post refers to the problem.

-Aman

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Advocate ,
Jul 09, 2017 Jul 09, 2017

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Just do a search you'll find them, pretty easy to do.

I see Aman already gave you a link as well.         

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New Here ,
Mar 27, 2023 Mar 27, 2023

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Do we have a short cut to change it?

 

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

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Thanks for your answers!! It is in preview mode though. All my other opened ind docs have a grey background when in preview mode (I am using w to toggle between preview and normal mode) but this one doc has a completely black background and as some of the edges are black I can't see where it ends........I can't seem to get it back to the grey background....I am on a mac by the way....Oh and I looked in preferences but can't seem to find it there. Thanks for your help so far......

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

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Ah now it's doing it with my next document too!

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Community Expert ,
Feb 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

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Try restoring your preferences:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990

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Community Expert ,
Feb 29, 2012 Feb 29, 2012

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Can't find it in the Preferences? It should be under "Guides and Pasteboard", aptly called "Preview Background":

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-714ba.html

Changing it only affects the current active document. If it's "doing it" for any new documents, then something caused it to be a global setting. Close all of your documents, then change the setting.

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 04, 2012 Mar 04, 2012

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Ah great thanks for that. I found it in preferences. Must have been in my blind spot before.....

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Jul 03, 2014 Jul 03, 2014

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Preferences > Guides and Pasteboards > Preview Background Color for those wondering.

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Aug 29, 2024 Aug 29, 2024

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This setting can be set automatically for any new documents! All that's needed is to close all open documents, and go to Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard (or Cmd + K [Mac]), check the checkbox for Preview Background: Match to Theme Color (or choose your own color). Click "OK" to close the Preferences window. Any new documents will retain this setting. Thank you for this! I've been wondering if this was even possible for a long time.

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Feb 29, 2012 Feb 29, 2012

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Try pressing Esc to exit Presentation Mode

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