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johnmadsen
Community Member
13 years ago

Missing Guide Line

It seems as if I have 'misplaced' my Horizontal guile line. The Vertical one is working just fine. I have tried CTRL and dragging from either the top or bottom of the work screen however no luck anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

John

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  • Hi John,

    Welcome to the community.

    I just did a quick test, and I THINK I may have a solution. Here's how it worked.

    • I was viewing a slide at a zoom of about 70 or 80% (the zoom percentage is displayed in the bottom right of the screen.
    • I moved the horizontal guide totally off the screen by dragging down (oot-oh).

    hmmm.

    • Then I zoomed out to 50%...and there it was...offstage, below the slide.
    • Dragged it back up and all's well.

    Let us know if that works or shout out if you need more help.

  • johnmadsen's avatar
    johnmadsen
    Community Member

    Rebecca,

    Thanks for the suggestion, however no such luck even at the 10% view size no horizontal guile lines. 

    John

  • Hey John,

    hmmm. that IS odd. I've now dragged both my H and V all the way off the screen and zoomed all the way out. At that point, I can see both guides and I canNOT drag them off any further. Here's a screen shot. Note that I collapsed the timeline also:

    The other thing: guides are specific to a story file. So, if you start a fresh file and import your story into that you should be good to go. Shout out again with how this goes for you!

  • Yes, those are good tips Bruce. Do it with PPT all the timeline. I'm thinking a Screenr on guides may be in order! Waiting to hear how John makes out...and for free time!

  • Hello! I seemed to have completely deleted my vertical guide line. I zoomed all the way  out to 10% and I still can't locate it. I have saved my project and closed SL 360 and still can't get it to come back. Any ideas?

    • Crystal-Horn's avatar
      Crystal-Horn
      Staff

      Hi there, Angie!  Let's get guides back on your slides!  😊 If you enable the ruler using the view tab, you can double click on the ruler where you want your guide to appear, and you'll get a new one.

      When you drag a guide off the slide, it will disappear.  Let me know if creating a new one will work for you!

      • ClaireCovington's avatar
        ClaireCovington
        Community Member

        Thank you Crystal! I had the same issue and your answer solved my problem! 

    • DCopenhaver's avatar
      DCopenhaver
      Community Member

      I lost my vertical guide.  If you right click on the slide it should give you the option to add one back. 

      • YoonFalkJensen's avatar
        YoonFalkJensen
        Community Member
        D Copenhaver

        I lost my vertical guide.  If you right click on the slide it should give you the option to add one back. 

        Quick and easy solution to the problem. Thank you!

  • So glad that this conversation was able to help you as well, Sajna. Thanks for popping in to share.

  • I'm glad that this older conversation was able to help you as well, Debapriya. I appreciate you chiming in to share, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊