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InDesign CS4: Turn off Smart Guides (X&Y coordinates w/ mouse movement)

New Here ,
Mar 04, 2009 Mar 04, 2009

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I see this is kind of a new feature in CS4. I noticed it in Illustrator. I can see how it will benefit some users. However, it gets in the way sometimes. I figured out how to turn it off in Illustrator, but InDesign doesn't allow you to disable this.

Am I overlooking something? I've tried doing a google search, didn't come up with any solutions.

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Mar 04, 2009 Mar 04, 2009

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Preferences, smart guides

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New Here ,
Mar 04, 2009 Mar 04, 2009

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It exists in Illustrator preferences, i don't see it in InDesign CS4

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Mar 04, 2009 Mar 04, 2009

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I don't think you looked very carefully, or bothered to check the Help > InDesign Help.

To permanently turn them off, choose InDesign > Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard > Smart Guide Options. Uncheck all the options.

To temporarily turn off Smart Guides, toggle View > Grids & Guides > Smart Guides. The keyboard shortcut is even the same as in Illustrator: Cmd-U.

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Mar 04, 2009 Mar 04, 2009

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Hey Steve,

I try not to sense sarcasm in a thread, so I will ignore that particular tendency. Those particular smart guides are turned off, however. it's still showing up upon movement with mouse on objects.

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Mar 04, 2009 Mar 04, 2009

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That's because X&Y coordinates with movements is not part of Smart Guides.

I read your posting a little too fast. I saw "Smart Guides" but missed the last half of the subject line.

That feature is turned off in InDesign > Preferences > Interface > Show Transformation Values. It's called that because it also displays rotations as well.

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Adobe Employee ,
Mar 05, 2009 Mar 05, 2009

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The Smart Guides Help topic is here:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30d2a5051004d659b1c-7fefa.html#WSE70D39D0-AB3A-41ce-BA95-9D9285D63FB5

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Mar 05, 2009 Mar 05, 2009

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I just can't see why anyone would want this turned off. This was one of the first things that caught my eye as a necessary feature in the new version. I wonder how I did without this in the past.

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Mar 05, 2009 Mar 05, 2009

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I totally agree, Buko. It's one of my favorite features in CS4.

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New Here ,
Oct 14, 2010 Oct 14, 2010

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I seem to be having an issue turning my smart guides back on. Sometime last week they just "stopped" working.

I just upgraded to cs4 and have gotten used to them, now they don't work. I read through this post and checked my Interface and guides under preferences, but everything is turned on. I dunno what to do......

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Explorer ,
Oct 14, 2010 Oct 14, 2010

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Try resetting your ID preferences.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 15, 2010 Oct 15, 2010

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Did you check the View menu to be sure they were enabled there?

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Oct 15, 2010 Oct 15, 2010

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Thanks! Now I feel more like a dunderhead. But really thank you, I tried

all the backend ways to turn them back on.

Happy Friday!

Did you check the View menu to be sure they were enabled there?

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Oct 15, 2010 Oct 15, 2010

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You know what they say, when all else fails, try the obvious.

You probably hit the shortcut without realizing it.

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Oct 15, 2010 Oct 15, 2010

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I probably did, I use a lot of shortcuts. Thanks Again!

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