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Document setup bleed lines absent

Explorer ,
Jul 24, 2012 Jul 24, 2012

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I'm setting up the bleed on a set of InDesign CS5.5 documents. When I go to File: Document Setup: More Options, and set the bleed to .125 in, I don't see the little red bleed guide line outside my document outline. I've gone to InDesign: Preferences: Guides and Pasteboard, where I found there is an entry for the bleed guide. I can make guides just fine, I just can't get the bleed guide to show up on my pasteboard anymore.

All clues welcome.

Thanks.

--jody.

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Community Expert , Jul 24, 2012 Jul 24, 2012

You see other guides, but not the bleed guide?

Can you show us a screen shot?

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Jul 24, 2012 Jul 24, 2012

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You see other guides, but not the bleed guide?

Can you show us a screen shot?

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Jul 24, 2012 Jul 24, 2012

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Guide previews were turned off. I was able to turn them back on, and thus can now see the bleed guides.

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New Here ,
Sep 06, 2012 Sep 06, 2012

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Having the same problem.  Where is the "guide previews" setting?  What did you do to turn them back on?  Anything special?  thanx!

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Sep 06, 2012 Sep 06, 2012

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The show/hide guides commands have moved around a bit from versiontoe version, I think, but they shoud still be someplace in the View Menu whatever version you might have. They will not be visible, however, in Preview mode (the pasteboard will also disappear).

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New Here ,
Sep 06, 2012 Sep 06, 2012

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Excellent!! Thanx!! CS5.5 BTW

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Apr 02, 2020 Apr 02, 2020

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Helped me in 2020 (:

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Jul 24, 2012 Jul 24, 2012

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Let's start here:

Do you have the pasteboard area on (hit: w)

If it does not show, you may need to trash your preferences.

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Jan 23, 2014 Jan 23, 2014

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to show guides (bleed, margins) hit ctrl+ ; for windows (you could have mentioned that)

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Jul 11, 2014 Jul 11, 2014

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One good reply, thanks

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New Here ,
Sep 01, 2015 Sep 01, 2015

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Excellent reply Brother.\m/

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Participant ,
Mar 27, 2017 Mar 27, 2017

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ID CC 2017 is creating this problem. My guides are not hidden, they simply are not showing.

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Aug 17, 2017 Aug 17, 2017

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This was helpful, however didn't solve my problem. I had to go to View > Screen Mode > Normal

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Nov 06, 2017 Nov 06, 2017

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I had this problem too; using the latest version ID CC 2018.  I found that if my bleed AND slug were set to the same value, the guide color would show for the slug....therefore I thought my bleed lines(set to fiery red in my preferences) were not showing up.  I changed the bleed amount..and magically my red bleed lines appeared

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