red and blue guidelines at the edge

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J.61
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red and blue guidelines at the edge

Post by J.61 »

Hello Forum,

I am new user and cannot upload an image.

How can I remove or hide the red and blue guidelines at the edge?
I suspect they are printing guidelines.
These red and blue rectangular lines are located along the edges on all sides of the document.

Thank you for your help.
Kind regards
Joachim
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Ovg
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Re: red and blue guidelines at the edge

Post by Ovg »

Preferences->Page Display->Uncheck Display Art,Trim, Bleed Boxes ?
It's impossible to lead us astray for we don't care even to choose the way.
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Re: red and blue guidelines at the edge

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Hi Joachim,

Can you please share an image showing the issue?

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Re: red and blue guidelines at the edge

Post by Louiseravot »

Those sound like crop marks, bleed marks, or some other print-production guides embedded in the PDF. If they're only appearing in PDF-XChange and not when printed, I'd first check the viewer settings to see if page boundaries or print guides are being displayed.

Can you confirm whether the lines are actually part of the PDF content, or if they disappear when you print the document?