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Dec 4, 2025 3:48 PM UTC
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Find/Change option not working

Hi
I lost my Find/Change shortcut and option in indesign.
I can not Find and Change text very annoying.

Anybody knows what is going on?

 

Thank you Bas

Mike Witherell
Mike WitherellCorrect answer
Community Expert
Dec 4, 2025 4:13 PM UTC

Hi BAS,

You might experiment with a reset of InDesign. There are up to 4 ways to approach a reset, starting with the reset button in Preferences > General followed by a restart of InDesign. There are also other deeper ways to reset. Read about it in this compendium of troubleshooting. 

Mike Witherell

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Mike Witherell
Community Expert
Community Expert
Dec 4, 2025 10:27 PM UTC

During the 2025 version, I had a similar trouble with it constantly resetting to the Essentials workspace. 

I reset it 3 times, where one of the resets was the cache-delete technique that I call "Reset Method 3".

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/reset-indesign-preferences-and-other-troubleshooting/td-p/11990234

It started working stably for me again.

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Mike Witherell
Mike Witherell
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Mike WitherellCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
Dec 4, 2025 4:13 PM UTC

Hi BAS,

You might experiment with a reset of InDesign. There are up to 4 ways to approach a reset, starting with the reset button in Preferences > General followed by a restart of InDesign. There are also other deeper ways to reset. Read about it in this compendium of troubleshooting. 

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Mike Witherell
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Dec 4, 2025 4:56 PM UTC

Hi Mike,

the reset in the General worked.
I still have workspace issues, always starts on "Essentials".
Thanks Bas

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