All of the tools in the toolbar are grayed out and I am not able to select any of them.

[MaiaS]

I've been working with an indesign file for a few weeks. Everything was fine, but then I opened it and all of the tools were grayed out. I am not able to select anything, and do any more work on the file. How do I fix this?

I have already tried restarting my computer, restarting my program, and picking an older saved version of what I am working on.

Thanks

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

That's very odd. Did you try trashing preferences?

Troubleshooting 101: Replace, or "trash" your InDesign preferences

[MaiaS]

Awesome -- It worked. Thanks so much!

[Barb Binder]

You are very welcome.

[Taj232313689gmc]

How to trash preferences?

[Peter Spier]

Read the link in Barb's answer above

[JPBrowser]

This worked, used right hand to press all 3keys while invoking with left.  Thank you!

[Mizterfox]

Resulved this issue by selecting a different workspace. The work space I was in "Essentials Classic" already had all the tools in the tool bar with most of them hidden behind other tools.