character and paragraph missing in Control panel

Forum|Forum|8 months ago
May 28, 2025
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I cannot get the character and paragraph selections to appear in my control panel. I've tried all the suggestions from previous years (shift-control-option-comd) upon startup, and deleting Indesign's cache to no avail. I've reverted back to the last version and updated again. Reset all workspaces. Tried to customized my workspaces. Rebooted my laptop. Nothing.

I am on a Macbook Pro with Sequoia 15.5, running Indesign 23.3.1 (which just stinks). This upgrade is chock full of bugs and messes.

What can I do? This is a true handicap.

BobLevine

Community Expert

You do have text selected, yes?

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

I don't think you would see what's shown in their screen capture if they didn't have the text tool in a text frame. I noticed the fill and stoke color options are showing---they wouldn't show if just the type tool is active with no frame selected.

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BobLevine

Community Expert

Unless I'm missing something (sure wouldn't be the first time), the OP posted no screenshots.

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

What happens if you change your monitor resolution to show more "real estate"?

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Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

Can you share any screenshots of what's going on?

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @Kellie220325544twc,

Thanks for sharing the details. Please try the suggestion Jeffrey shared and make sure the Character and Paragraph options are enabled in the Customize Control panel settings.

If the issue still remains after that, could you kindly share a screenshot of your InDesign screen so we can get a better idea of what it currently looks like? That’ll help us understand the situation more clearly and guide you further.

Looking forward to your update!

Abhishek

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Jeffrey_Smith

Community Expert

Have you confirmed the desired options are checked to appear in control panel?