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christineb31294278
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September 6, 2017
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Gray bars over text

  • September 6, 2017
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Hi: I just updated my InDesign, so not sure if that has something to do with it, but I keep on having gray bars appear over text (see below). Does anyone know how to undo this?

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    Correct answer Barb Binder

    It's called Greeking. Go to Edit > Preferences > Display Performance and set Greek Type Below to 0.

    Greeking is on as a default, and it displays very small text as gray bars when the assumption is that the text is too small to read anyway. Years ago it was a speed issue to help the pages display more quickly, but I've never cared for it, and always disable it.

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    christineb31294278Author
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    September 6, 2017

    Thank you!!

      Barb Binder
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      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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      September 6, 2017

      Always happy to help, Christine!

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
      Barb Binder
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      Barb BinderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      September 6, 2017

      It's called Greeking. Go to Edit > Preferences > Display Performance and set Greek Type Below to 0.

      Greeking is on as a default, and it displays very small text as gray bars when the assumption is that the text is too small to read anyway. Years ago it was a speed issue to help the pages display more quickly, but I've never cared for it, and always disable it.

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
        le37gill
        le37gill
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        September 10, 2021

        Thank you for the above. This issue was solved in 2017.
        However, now in 2021, the same issue arise but the solution doesn't match the new interface 😞
        Hate it when they upgrade stuff but get rid of things just to put back later and call it another upgrade!!! 😞

        Very dissapointed with Adobe Illustrator team!

        So what is the solution in 2021? Can anyone help?

        BobLevine
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        BobLevineCommunity Expert
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        September 10, 2021

        This is the InDesign forum and if you meant InDesign you are not looking in the right place. It's under display performance and nothing has changed in this regard in more than 2 decades since InDesign was released.

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