Bug: "Show guides..." preferences do not "stick"

Under Preferences, Rulers, the following items, when checked, do not retain their checked status after exiting and reopening the program:
"Show guides at object center"
and
"Show guides at object edges"
I have tested this for hours—using different (new) accounts, deleting and reinstalling Pages 5, and purging plist and caches (both user and global)—and have also confirmed the bug with an Apple technician (he has the exact same problem).
This looks like it might be a bona fide bug.
Is anyone else seeing (and can confirm) this behavior?
Thanks!

Thanks for confirming. If a few more people can confirm before I talk with the Apple Senior Analyst tonight at 9:00 p.m. U.S. EST (NYC), it will really help our case here when I report my findings to the guy.
Thanks, all.

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Here's what I'd try,
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then...
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Move these files to the Desktop for now...
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where 'xxx' is a 12 digit (hexadecimal) numeric string.
Reboot.
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Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then...
You've probably got a few corrupt preference files.
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/Users/<yourname>/Library/Preferences/ByHost>com.apple.systemuiserver.xxx.plist
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Cattus Thraex,
I know that you enjoy posting on the forums, but please only post relevant information. If you've read everyones post in this thread you'll notice that the discs in question have all been tested on other operating systems & other hardware, therefore it's not necessary to write "then you may have a hardware problem" or "May also indicate a system corruption". That's incorrect information and it shows that you have not actually read the other posts before replying.
FYI, I've never actually "called anyone out" in a forum. I generally think it's a waste of time and it usually solves nothing. That being said, I started this thread so that we could get a solution from Apple and I'd like for it not to be diluted by misinformation. Please help us Apple!
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you also wrote "Now, open sessions are entirely senseless, and I do not wonder if Apple completely drops support for this outdated method."
O.K., that again for the non-advice. Again we didn't choose the format, someone else did. So basically you're saying that we are silly for asking this question. Are you still able to open a microsoft word file from 1993? The answer is yes...
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