inDesign 17.4 find/change does not find text in locked frames

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August 23, 2022
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As of this morning, when I updated to v17.4 of inDesign, the find/change tool can no longer find anything that is in a locked frame.

I have been happily performing search/replaces throughout my documents -- including locked frames, for a long time; never had a problem before today.

Bug

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Correct answer Barb Binder

You can control this via the lock icons in the F/C dialog box.

~Barb

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi @mr.halfstep ,

just tested GREP Find on locked text frames and also on text frames in locked layers.

Still, this works with InDesign 2022 version 17.4 on my Windows 10 machine. Just click the left icon that is showing a locked layer. The other one for locked stories is needed for InCopy workflows where it can happen that stories could be locked for editing by users with InCopy.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

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Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

If @Barb Binder suggestion is not working

Try resetting your preferences:
The easiest way to reset everything is to delete the InDesign preferences: as soon as InDesign starts to boot hold down Shift, Alt, Ctrl (and Apple/Cmd if working on a Macintosh). A dialog will appear asking to delete the InDesign Preferences, select 'Yes' on this dialog.
Further info and instructions here if needed:
https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/kb/indesign-preferences-support-file-locations.html

Barb Binder

Correct answer

Community Expert

You can control this via the lock icons in the F/C dialog box.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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