Difficulty Moving Objects in InDesign Due to Bounding Box and Relinking Issues

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September 24, 2024
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In earlier versions of InDesign you could select and object and move it when the red bounding box appeared and you could see the little "move" icon. Now, I have a difficult time moving anything around on my page. The program wants me to relink to the image. So, I hid that function but I'm still having trouble. Sometimes, when you select an item to move, the blue bounding box appears. I rarely use that box! I just need to know what I need to do to move items easily again. I spent about 5 minutes just trying to move a few images on the page and that's pretty frustrating!

Thanks,

Chappy

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Steve Werner

Community Expert

Start by telling us what version of InDesign you are using, and what operating sytem version.

Make and upload a screen capture of what you're referring to in your text.

Chaplain DaleAuthor

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I'm using InDesign CC 19.5 x 64. My operating system is Windows 11 w/64GB of RAM and a 12th Gen. Processor and SSD HD.

Below is the red bounding box. Except the little move icon isn't there. When I do a screen shot it disappears.

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Steve Werner

Community Expert

What can be confusing with images in InDesign is that when you look at a graphic in a frame, there are two outlines—the graphic frame that contains the picture, and the graphic itself.

The Red color graphic frame takes its color from the layer you're on in the Layers panel.

The blue link icon is, as Robert points out, an indication that the graphic is NOT embedded, but is LINKED, usually to a placed graphic. The graphic could be stored on your computer, or on an external server. Also, as Robert says, you can see more about the link in the Links panel. If you open the Links panel, you get information about the graphic and where it is linked:

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