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bookaholic98
bookaholic98
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March 22, 2020
Question

Indesign Command D to Place not Working

  • March 22, 2020
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Command + D in InDesign is not working as of this morning when I updated it with the newest rounds of updates. Even if I go to "File -> Place", no dialogue box comes up. 

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Rishabh_Tiwari
Rishabh_Tiwari
Legend
February 1, 2024

Hi,

 

Sorry to hear about the trouble. This can happen if any other application is utilizing the keyboard shortcut. You can try rebooting the computer and then check by launching InDesign only. If it still doesn't work, please try resetting your preferences and let us know how it goes. 

Thanks

Rishabh

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michaelu70939460
Known Participant
February 1, 2024

Same issue, out of nowhere…

Barb Binder
Community Expert
Barb BinderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 1, 2024

When is the last time you restarted your computer? That seems to have resolved the issue for several people.

 

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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    Community Expert
    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 29, 2022

    Hi together,

    had a similar issue lately with the German InDesign 2022 version 17.4 on MacOs.

    The shortcut Cmd + D did not work. Also the menu command did not work.

     

    What was possible:

    dragging an image file from the file system to the page, the cursor was loaded with the image.

     

    A simple restart of InDesign resolved the issue.

     

    Maybe the installed plug-in for EasyCatalog could be the reason.

    Had no time for further investigations…

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Expert )

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      Eva Feld
      Participant
      October 29, 2022

      Hi again, My isssue resolved now with a simple system restart. Thanks for your comment, Uwe.

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      Eva Feld
      Participant
      October 29, 2022

      Same

      Geоrge
      Geоrge
      Legend
      July 1, 2022

      Ask Adobe Support Chat about it.

      Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner
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      karinalange
      Participant
      July 1, 2022

      Done both of them, several times 🙊

      Derek Cross
      Community Expert
      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 1, 2022

      And you checked the keyboard actions?

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      karinalange
      Participant
      July 1, 2022

      Yes, it says that "place" ha shotcut "command + d"

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      karinalange
      Participant
      July 1, 2022

      Same here. I have tried emptying caches, restarting machine, uninstalled and reinstalled InDesign. This is really frustrating. Does anyone have an idea what might be wrong?

       

      Derek Cross
      Community Expert
      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 1, 2022

      Have you reset the InDesign preferences back to the factory defaults (this is different from reinstalling the application)?

      The InDesign keyboard shortcut may have been assigned to another action, it would be worth checking.

      Barb Binder
      Community Expert
      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 23, 2020

      There are different levels of resetting corrupt preferences. If you started with the keyboard shortcut technique, I'd suggest moving on to deleting/rebuilding the cache and preferences:

      https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

       

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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      Sicus
      Participant
      June 23, 2020

      Same here. Command + D suddenly doesn't work anymore. I've tried to reset my preferences but doesn't help.

      Derek Cross
      Community Expert
      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 22, 2020

      I suggest you reset your InDesign preferences to see if that resolves the issue.

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