Hidden guide lines in Illustrator are included and visible in PDF after export

All the guide lines are hidden except the text and logo.

I "Save as. " to PDF and the front and back save fine, no lines. But when I save a PDF for any of the other files the guide lines are still in the PDF. They all print without the guide lines.

I have tried everything I could think of (except, of course, the one thing that will work).

8,189 8 8 gold badges 32 32 silver badges 48 48 bronze badges asked Jun 25, 2020 at 10:23 1 3 3 bronze badges

Hi. Welcome to GDSE. It may be difficult to answer this without knowing how the images are constructed, or without access to the AI files. Perhaps the guides in some of the files are not actual "guides" but paths with strokes. Sorry that's the only thing I can think of.

Commented Jun 25, 2020 at 10:40 CS2 wow. This can't be answered with the info provided. Commented Jun 25, 2020 at 11:23 Hi, Thanks for answering. The guidelines come with the disc makers templates so I don't know. Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 4:05

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Hiding objects has really never been reliable upon export/output from AI.

  1. Save the file
  2. Delete all hidden objects ( Object > Show All then Delete )
  3. output
  4. Close file without saving or Edit > Undo
answered Nov 21, 2021 at 20:46 211k 21 21 gold badges 297 297 silver badges 572 572 bronze badges

Hiding is not the same as deleting. Also guessing that this is guides that you have manually added - not dragged in from the rulers (or might have "released" the guides).

Note that I am using Illustrator CC, so things might be a little different.
Don't remember the CS2 PDF dialogue box – but it might have a include non-printing objects option that can be disabled. If so that might solve everything. If not – my suggestion below.

  1. Unhide your elements ( Object -> Show all ).
  2. Create a new layer.
  3. Move your guide lines to the new layer.
  4. Double click the layer.
  5. Mark it as "Template".

Illustrator Layer Options dialog

  1. Now they shouldn't appear in the PDF.
answered Jun 25, 2020 at 11:41 150 11 11 bronze badges Hi Thank you for answering. the guides come with the disc makers templates Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 4:09

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