Shapes not showing up in indesign 2018

[Charlotte Leyland]

Hi

I’m hoping someone can help.  I (think) I’ve got a really simple problem but I can’t see how to resolve it.

When i I use the shape tool or the pen tool the shape isn’t shown in my pages panel or when I view my document in presentation mode.

Text box fills appear as expected.

I only use indesign iccassionally so ive never come across this before...

Any help would be much appreciated!

Many thanks

Kim

[Bill Silbert]

Could you post a screen shot showing the shape (make sure that it is selected) you've drawn both in presentation mode and in the normal screen view. Also include your swatch panel.

[Charlotte Leyland]

I will do thank you for helping. I’m not near my Mac at the moment but I’ll post it first thing tomorrow

[Charlotte Leyland]

Hope these are ok, oas mentioned the shape doesn't show up in presentation mode... 🙂  thank you

[BobLevine · Accepted solution]

Check the layers panel to make sure these are not on a non-printing layer or set to non-printing themselves. The fact that they don't show in presentation mode points to that as the highest probability.

[Charlotte Leyland]

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply, you are a star! 🙂 🙂

[BobLevine]

So, what was it? The layer or the objects set to non-printing?

[BobLevine]

Do you have fill or stroke color assigned?

[Charlotte Leyland]

It’s a fill colour m, thank you for helping