How do you display the Book panel?

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
May 5, 2025
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I can find no way to show this thing after it (inexplicably) disappears, making it impossible to manage styles among the files in your book. I've even tried re-opening the indb file; that does absolutely nothing... even if you close all open files.

In addition to that problem: Is there a way to have styles sync across a book automatically, instead of having to continually select every file in the book and re-sync?

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi @Thomas_Calvin ,

can you see the InDesign book's file name listed at the bottom of the Window main menu of InDesign?

If yes, the book file is still open somewhere. If there is no checkmark on its name, the panel is minimized somehow.

If no, the book file is closed and you have to open it again.

From my German InDesign with a partly minimized book panel docked where the name of the book file is visible at the bottom of the Windows main menu ( "Fenster" in German ) :

Expanded book panel. Checkmark on the book file name is visible now:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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Thomas_CalvinAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks! I'll try that the next time this thing disappears. Right now, inexplicably, the panel remains available in the docked area after I open a document... contrary to what I show in the video above, doing the exact same steps. Insert eye-roll.