Yellow Guide Lines Disappeared in Pages

Hi,


I'm working on formatting a book in Pages in the Layout format.


The yellow guidelines were showing up and were very helpful to make sure our text boxes and images were aligned correctly. Then...


They disappeared. And they come back from time to time. But, it's random.


Any help is appreciated fixing this issue.


The document is 245 pages long, but I'm working off a fully loaded Apple Studio so I wouldn't thing ram or anything is an issue. Also, another person working on the document is having the same issue with the yellow lines not showing up and then randomly showing up.


Any help is appreciated, I'm losing my mind :-)

Brandon

Mac Studio, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 22, 2023 01:47 PM

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Mar 22, 2023 01:57 PM in response to Brandon C White

In Pages Settings > Rulers, select the following, so you will have dynamic alignment guides as you move objects around in the document.



The alignment guides that you drag out from the rulers are a per-page entity in Word processing or Page Layout documents. Each time you switch to a different page, you must drag the alignment guides from their respective rulers, or give the dynamic guide settings from the image above a try without using the ruler guides.

Mar 22, 2023 03:36 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks or the quick response.


I followed your directions and have the settings exact. I changed the color of the alignment guides to red so they would show up.


When I move the text box around they still don't show up like they used to. I used to be able to grab the text box and move it around and it would align based on the settings for the document.


Are you saying that I have to set each individual page settings (header, footer, left right margins) individually?

Mar 22, 2023 06:30 PM in response to Brandon C White

I would have inserted the line shape and straightened it. As that is done, the dynamic guide will appear to show you the horizontal line you are rotating the line shape too. Then you drag it to lengthen it and the vertical dynamic guide will appear when the line segment is centered on the page.


Next, I insert a text box just large enough for the Times New Roman 48 pt Bold content. As I drag that over the line segment and position it, the dynamic vertical center guide appears to help with that process. I then do a select all and group both items from the Arrange panel. Additional movement towards the top of the page that varies left or right will dynamically show a vertical centered guide.


I saw no need to make a full page sized Text box based on the content you show.

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