Why is "Create guides" grayed out under the Layout menu?

[Delightful_Dragonfly0D4C]

Hello, I'm not able to click "Create guides" under the Layout menu. It is only for this one brand new document that I opened. I've quit and reopened InDesign, and played around with the preferences, to no avail. Other documents do not have this problem. What could be causing this?

Thanks!

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi @Delightful_Dragonfly0D4C ,

could be that all layers are locked.

Or could be that the active layer is locked.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[James Gifford—NitroPress · Accepted solution]

Just possibly, you're on a locked Layer?

[Delightful_Dragonfly0D4C]

Thank you for the feedback! I figured it out - it was actually because "allow document pages to shuffle" wasn't checked.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

That doesn't quite make sense. AFAIK, that settign should have no effect on whether guides can be created or not. I just experimented and confirmed that.

The only thing I can find that will gray out 'Create Guides' is if you have a locked layer selected for current operations.

[Delightful_Dragonfly0D4C]

Huh, still a mystery then! I don't believe there was a locked layer either. I'll have to double check and trouble shoot again.

[RichardPortman7496 · Accepted solution]

Just happened to me - I was in Trim View mode. Unchecked and all my guides appeared!