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abhijeett89122812
Inspiring
March 14, 2022
Question

how to find particular text whose layer is locked

  • March 14, 2022
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i have 400 pages indesign document, i want to find C0 M100 Y0 k0 color characters to change them to black.

but here some of the text layers are locked i want to lcoate then as well. please help.

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Laubender
Community Expert
March 16, 2022

Peter Kahrel said: "I'd say that that's a bug."

 

Hm. I'm not sure about this.

When you use the "Find Next" button InDesign should select the found object.

On a locked layer this is not possible.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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Peter Kahrel
Community Expert
March 16, 2022

> When you use the "Find Next" button InDesign should select the found object.

> On a locked layer this is not possible.

 

InDesign happily selects found text on a locked layer (provided you enable 'Include locked layers')

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    Charles Granderson
    New Participant
    May 21, 2022

    Hello - I have the same issue. Even though I select the "Include locked layers and locked objects," when I search I get a warning: "found object was locked or on a locked layer." Indesign further does not take me to said found object in the document. If this is a bug, to whom do I report it?  Thank you

    jmlevy
    jmlevy
    Community Expert
    March 14, 2022

    Why don't you unlock the locked layer?

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    abhijeett89122812Author
    Inspiring
    March 14, 2022

    trying to find that text, total 15 files.

     

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    Peter Kahrel
    Community Expert
    March 14, 2022

    You have the 'Include locked layers' button enabled, so if inDesign then gets upset that you found something on a locked layer, I'd say that that's a bug.

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