Select color and dashing for master and layer guides
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You may want to select color and dashing for master and layer guides when editing a page on the Pages main tab.
Default: layer guides RGB=0,128,128; master guides RGB=192,192,192; not dashed
Recommended: whatever you want, for example, for the user defined guides RGB 208, 214, 249. For master guides, RGB 0,244,122.
To select color and dashing for master and layer guides
1.On the Edit menu of the Pages main tab while not editing text, click Preferences.
2.On the Grid tab, under User defined guides, select the option you want for the layer guides. Click the [...] button to select the color.
3.Under Master guides, select the option you want for the layer guides. Click the [...] button to select the color.
4.Click OK to save the preference.
About saving preferences in database
When you click OK, the preferences are updated in the memory and applied right-on. GN4 will store the preference in the database when you exit application. Anyway, should your GN4 crash or exit in any other abnormal way, the preference will not be stored in database, and you will have to repeat the previously described steps.
This preference is stored in the Editorial_SystemUserConfig for the securityRef corresponding to the user name. To display that configuration, open EdAdmin4, click Client Applications, expand the search pane in the left sidebar, in the Name enter editorial, and in the securityRef select the name of the user. Double-click the Editorial_SystemUserConfig to open the content. Locate the preference by name.
See also
Select the stacking of page guides
Choose which guides to display and if locked by default