I know how to create guides (for content placement) in Storyline. But at some point, my main horizontal guide disappeared, and I can't get it back, no way, no how.
Is there some way to reset guides so the default horizontal and vertical guides show back up?
Did just one guideline disappear or are they all gone?
If all of your guides are gone, go to the View Tab and make sure the Guides checkbox in the Show section is selected.
I believe the default guides are just one horizontal one at zero and one vertical one, also at zero on the ruler. In case you were unaware you can create as many guides as you like and put there wherever you want. Just hold down the CTRL key and click and drag out from an existing guide to create a new one. Put it wherever you want.
On a related note, I sometime insert line shapes on the Master slide and set their initial states to Hidden. When you view a slide page based on the Master you can see the grayed out guides but they won't publish. That way you don't have to worry about your guides being accidentally moved and — even better — you can have different guides for different Masters.
Yes, my guides are on. It's weird because the one vertical guide is there, but the horizontal one is gone. That means I can't adjust it, much less create more guides. I've been working in this tool a long time, but I've never seen this.
Hi Rebecca! Do you think that there is a chance that it was moved off of your viewing window? Zoom out with the scale on the bottom right, when in slide view, and see if you can tell where the guideline moved off to and move it back into your viewing window.
I've zoomed back as far as 10%. I've tried all the obvious It's just not there. Seriously. I've closed, reopened, etc. It was based on a template with guides all over the place, so I'm mystified.
Oh well. It's just this one project, so I guess I'll either live with it until it's done, or move it over to another document--which isn't going to happen at this stage.
Note to Articulate: HOW ABOUT A RESET GUIDES SWITCH/BUTTON SOMEWHERE IN NEXT RELEASE?
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Did just one guideline disappear or are they all gone?
If all of your guides are gone, go to the View Tab and make sure the Guides checkbox in the Show section is selected.
I believe the default guides are just one horizontal one at zero and one vertical one, also at zero on the ruler. In case you were unaware you can create as many guides as you like and put there wherever you want. Just hold down the CTRL key and click and drag out from an existing guide to create a new one. Put it wherever you want.
On a related note, I sometime insert line shapes on the Master slide and set their initial states to Hidden. When you view a slide page based on the Master you can see the grayed out guides but they won't publish. That way you don't have to worry about your guides being accidentally moved and — even better — you can have different guides for different Masters.
Hi Rebecca and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! Let us know how Brett's suggestions work for you and if you need anything further.
Yes, my guides are on. It's weird because the one vertical guide is there, but the horizontal one is gone. That means I can't adjust it, much less create more guides. I've been working in this tool a long time, but I've never seen this.
Hi Rebecca! Do you think that there is a chance that it was moved off of your viewing window? Zoom out with the scale on the bottom right, when in slide view, and see if you can tell where the guideline moved off to and move it back into your viewing window.
I've zoomed back as far as 10%. I've tried all the obvious
It's just not there. Seriously. I've closed, reopened, etc. It was based on a template with guides all over the place, so I'm mystified.
Oh well. It's just this one project, so I guess I'll either live with it until it's done, or move it over to another document--which isn't going to happen at this stage.
Note to Articulate: HOW ABOUT A RESET GUIDES SWITCH/BUTTON SOMEWHERE IN NEXT RELEASE?
That's a fabulous idea Rebecca and would make a great feature request.
Has anyone come up with a solution for this? I have the same problem in 360. I have done the following:
all to no avail.
Hi Susan,
Thanks for letting us know what you've tried so far! Here's a Peek screen recording of what I see on my end.
Would you mind recording a similar Peek so that I can see exactly what you're seeing?
Thanks!
Hi, Alyssa.
That's a cool use of Peek! Here's my Peek recording
.
The audio is kind of quiet, but I think you'll be able to hear me okay. If
not, let me know.
Thanks!
Susan
Doesn't look like my link came through. Here it is: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/8114a9ae-8399-493f-a735-394fd01de9c6/review
Ah, thanks so much Susan! I think your guides might have accidentally been deleted. Fortunately, it's easy to bring them back!
I recorded another Peek to show you how to do that. 😊
OMIGOSH! That is fabulous! I can't believe how easy it is! Thank you,
Alyssa!
Woohoo!! 🎉 Don't you just love when it's an easy fix? I know I do!
Thanks, Alyssa Gomez! That was super helpful. I learned something new today.
It's November 2022 and I'm having the same issue - no horizontal guidelines. Tried fixes I saw above to no avail.
Hi Nancy,
I'm sorry to hear about the trouble with the drawing guides! Does applying the steps below work for you?
If not, I'm happy to help troubleshoot. We can start by checking if you're working on your local drive; working on a network drive can cause erratic behavior. If the problem still happens, try running these steps to repair Storyline.
Let me know how it goes!