diff -u killustrator/KIllustrator_view.cc ki/KIllustrator_view.cc
--- killustrator/KIllustrator_view.cc	Thu Jul 12 02:54:51 2001
+++ ki/KIllustrator_view.cc	Mon Jul 16 14:14:11 2001
@@ -934,16 +934,20 @@
 void KIllustratorView::slotShowGrid( bool b )
 {
   if (b!=activeDocument()->showGrid())
-     activeDocument()->showGrid( b );
+  {
+    activeDocument()->showGrid( b );
+    activeDocument()->setModified();
+  }
   canvas->update();
 }
 
 void KIllustratorView::slotShowHelplines( bool b )
 {
-   if (b!=activeDocument()->showHelplines())
-   {
-      activeDocument()->showHelplines( b );
-   }
+  if (b!=activeDocument()->showHelplines())
+  {
+    activeDocument()->showHelplines( b );
+    activeDocument()->setModified();
+  }
    canvas->update();
 }
 
@@ -958,14 +962,20 @@
 
 void KIllustratorView::slotAlignToGrid( bool b )
 {
-   if (b!=activeDocument()->snapToGrid())
-      activeDocument()->snapToGrid( b );
+  if (b!=activeDocument()->snapToGrid())
+  {
+    activeDocument()->snapToGrid( b );
+    activeDocument()->setModified();
+  }
 }
 
 void KIllustratorView::slotAlignToHelplines( bool b )
 {
-   if (b!=activeDocument()->alignToHelplines())
+  if (b!=activeDocument()->alignToHelplines())
+  {
      activeDocument()->alignToHelplines( b );
+     activeDocument()->setModified();
+  }
 }
 
 void KIllustratorView::slotTransformPosition()