Frame Tool not working Indesign

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February 16, 2018
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Hi, can anyone suggest a remedy to this?

When clicking on the rectangle frame tool and drawing - the box does not remain after drawing.

I have also noticed that the drop down to select different shapes of frame tool is not working either.

I have tried shutting down and reopening a ew document, but still experiencing the same issues.

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Correct answer akp Scotland Limited

Thanks for all the responses.

We ended up running an update as the indesign was 2017 and so that seemed to work!

E

Eadig

Inspiring

That is the kind of problem that happens when the rectangle frame you drew interfers with other layers. If it comes back, you could try hiding all of the layers once and making a rectangle frame to stay on. If it does, then you can toggle the visibility of each one of the layers back on for the purposing of isolating the cause.

Hope this helps

jane-e

Community Expert

One more thing to check:

Open your Layers panel. If you haven't on-purpose created layers, you have one layer called Layer 1. Spin it open to see all of the frames you have drawn but can't see. Click the selection indicator (the square on the far right) to select a frame.

Steve, Barb, and I are all pretty sure you have drawn frames and for some reason can't see them. But if they are actually not there, trashing preferences is the solution.