Smart Guides not working (grayed out).

Report · Feb 09, 2013

I too am having problems with the 'Smart Guides' option being grayed out in the 'View' - 'Grids and Guides' column. I've replaced the preferences, checked all the appropriate boxes, yet nothing I do works. Additionally, the 'Smart Guides' did work for some time. However, for reason(s) I'm unaware of, they just stopped showing up. I'm stumped. Any suggestions?

Report · Mar 20, 2021

i've had this problem with the most recent version with indesign (not sure about other programmes). as the article stated, smart guides is dependent on another feature. in indesign, it's dependent on 'snap to document grid'. it needs to be unchecked for it to work,

Report · Jan 10, 2022

It may not surprise anyone to know, this problem still persists in 2022, I was happily working in InDesign 17.0.1 x64 and realised the Smart Guides weren't so smart anymore.

I'd like to thank Jongware for posting the article with the answer to this puzzling dilema along with other useful content in the same article.

Happy designing in 2022 All

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Report · Feb 09, 2023

My Smart Guides were doing the same thing and I turned my Snap to Document Grids off and it fixed it.

Smart Guides not working (grayed out).

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