How do I change the preview mode background from black to white?

[joannar40588057]

I am sure it is really simple but the solution seems to be totally eluding me.....

[Jongware]

The regular preview mode background color is in the Preferences. (Or do you mean the "Presentation" mode, in CS5.5? That I don't know, but check the Preferences anyway.)

[Steve Werner]

I bet you're thinking of Presentation mode, available in InDesign CS5 and 5.5. Press Shift-W to choose it. Then press B for Black, W for White and G for Gray.

[tylervanicek]

Nope, they were talking about changing the Preview Mode color. Preferences > Guides and Pasteboards > Preview Background Color.

Not Presentation Mode. Read the questions and assume people know what they are talking about.

[schroef]

Does anyone have a working solution for this? So in presenation mode the background, NOT the regular in app view background    

[amaarora]

Hi,

This is a pretty okd thread.

I suggest you start a new discussion as a question to  ask your querry  specifying the OS and InDesign version.

-Aman

[schroef]

Thanks, i found some other threads, seems to be a unfixed bug.         

[Laubender]

schroef  wrote

Thanks, i found some other threads, seems to be a unfixed bug.         

Hi,

can you post a link that leads to one of the threads?

Thanks,
Uwe

[amaarora]

Hi,

Presentation Mode stuck on Black background  This post refers to the problem.

-Aman

[schroef]

Just do a search you'll find them, pretty easy to do.

I see Aman already gave you a link as well.         

[defaultt6tj8lx0ll0l]

Do we have a short cut to change it?

[joannar40588057]

Thanks for your answers!! It is in preview mode though. All my other opened ind docs have a grey background when in preview mode (I am using w to toggle between preview and normal mode) but this one doc has a completely black background and as some of the edges are black I can't see where it ends........I can't seem to get it back to the grey background....I am on a mac by the way....Oh and I looked in preferences but can't seem to find it there. Thanks for your help so far......

[joannar40588057]

Ah now it's doing it with my next document too!

[Steve Werner]

Try restoring your preferences:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990

[Jongware · Accepted solution]

Can't find it in the Preferences? It should be under "Guides and Pasteboard", aptly called "Preview Background":

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-714ba.html

Changing it only affects the current active document. If it's "doing it" for any new documents, then something caused it to be a global setting. Close all of your documents, then change the setting.

[joannar40588057]

Ah great thanks for that. I found it in preferences. Must have been in my blind spot before.....

[tylervanicek]

Preferences > Guides and Pasteboards > Preview Background Color for those wondering.

[Peter Spier]

Try pressing Esc to exit Presentation Mode