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Lost text line 'guides' in the text box, how to show hidden paths

Nov 13, 2008 4:10 AM

I have managed to loose the text line guides (the blue little guide that shows the path/line the text is typed on) and I cannot remember how to get it back. In illustrator the control H command shows/hides the text bounding box and line guide, but in ID only the box is affected. It is especially annoying when you are trying to type text on a path, and the path you are trying to click on is invisibele.

Please help.
1163 Views   16 Replies   Latest reply: krhewkjr, Aug 9, 2010 3:57 AM
 
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  • Ken Grace
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    1. Ken Grace,
    Nov 13, 2008 5:18 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    Do you mean you have lost the page grid (View > Grids and Guides) or have you lost all page guides, in which case you have probably slipped into preview mode. With nothing selected hit W. Or click on the last tool in the toolbox.

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    2. (Karma_Forester),
    Nov 13, 2008 6:18 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    Thanks for your reply Ken. No, what I mean is... imagine making a text box, put in some type in it, you have the square around the box denoting how large the text box is, then you also have the lines denoting each line of type inside that text box.

    The same goes if I make a design using the pen tool. I can see the blue line when I am in the process of making the deisgn, but when selected with the selection tool all I get is the blue boundary box where the squiggly line I made is contained.

    Make more sense?
     
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    3. Ken Grace,
    Nov 13, 2008 7:26 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    None whatsoever.

    "then you also have the lines denoting each line of type inside that text box."

    Not that I've ever seen.

    Unless, I wonder if you mean "greeking" which is when type below a determined size is replaced by a grey bar. But you can't type on it because there is already type there.

    I know what you mean for the pen tool. If you use the selection tool you see the boundary box only, but if you select it with the direct selection tool (white arrow) you will see the line inside.

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    4. Ken Grace,
    Nov 13, 2008 7:29 AM   in reply to Ken Grace
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    Or are you talking about the baseline grid? View > Grids and guides > Show baseline grid.

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    5. (Karma_Forester),
    Nov 13, 2008 7:46 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    Sorry for the confusion... take a look at this image and it will be clear. http://www.awesomedesign.se/temp/ex.jpg

    Thansk!!
     
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  • Ken Grace
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    6. Ken Grace,
    Nov 13, 2008 7:53 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    Are you seeing them just in the text frame, or do they extend across the whole page?
    What version of InDesign?

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    7. (Kenneth_Benson),
    Nov 13, 2008 8:00 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    That's Baseline Grid.

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  • Ken Grace
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    8. Ken Grace,
    Nov 13, 2008 8:07 AM   in reply to (Kenneth_Benson)
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    But it should show outside the frame - unless he's put it right on the edge of the page and the page has got no margins.

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  • Bob Levine
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    9. Bob Levine,
    Nov 13, 2008 8:12 AM   in reply to Ken Grace
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    You can set a baseline grid for a single text frame.

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    10. Ken Grace,
    Nov 13, 2008 8:19 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    How do you display it?

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    11. (Karma_Forester),
    Nov 13, 2008 8:26 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    Robert Levine - That was it! The baseline grid for one text frame solves my dilemma.

    Thank you all for playing! :)
     
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    12. (Robert_Tkaczyk),
    Nov 13, 2008 8:27 AM   in reply to Ken Grace
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    there is no option to show only for TextFrames or only for Page - both or none

    robin

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  • Ken Grace
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    13. Ken Grace,
    Nov 13, 2008 8:30 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    Now I'm stumped. How are you displaying the baseline grid for a single frame?

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    14. [Jongware],
    Nov 13, 2008 8:36 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    Sure, it is
    i possible
    -- use "white" as grid color for 'all' frames, and Layer color or a custom one for the single one you want to see.

    I can't imagine how you
    i accidentally
    can set this.
     
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    15. Ken Grace,
    Nov 13, 2008 9:09 AM   in reply to [Jongware]
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    Or why you would want to do it deliberately.

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  • krhewkjr
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    16. krhewkjr,
    Aug 9, 2010 3:57 AM   in reply to (Karma_Forester)
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    I can view the baseline grid if I go to the menu: View - Grids & Guides - Show Baseline Grid, but the shortcut keys don't work - Alt, Cmd and '. The shortcut for viewing the grid works all right. I'm using CS5 on a Mac (Snow Leopard).

     
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