InDesign properties panel

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October 23, 2018
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Hi.

I have just upgraded to InDesign 14.0 and found myself completely disabled - instead of separate small panels I open for the objects I use there is a huge inconvenient "Properties" panel which only has half the options for all the things I use and takes a lot of space having things I do not need permanently open.

How do I only open the panels I need ("character", "paragraph" etc) to have all the options I need and not have half the screen covered with this confusing useless thing? Also bring "transform" options and such back to the top of my workspace?

Thank you!

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Correct answer cinziamarotta

Hi,

the properties panel appear in a new ESSENTIALS workspace. You can choose another workspace or save your own workspace containing every panel you need.

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DaniellaSpinetti

Participant

Yes! This worked for me. Thank You! Order has been restored 🙂
Window > Workspace > Essentials Classic 👌

Jongware

Community Expert

The only difference is that this Properties panel appears "visible" by default. You can still open and close all individual panels, under the Windows menu, then save your workspace as in the previous versions. That part of the interface has not changed.

Derek Cross

Community Expert

It's an alternative, not a replacement. You can choose which you prefer.

cinziamarottaCorrect answer

Participating Frequently

Hi,

the properties panel appear in a new ESSENTIALS workspace. You can choose another workspace or save your own workspace containing every panel you need.

m90583877Author

Known Participant

thank you!

whoever it is for it seems like a huge inconvenience - limited options, can't be collapsed partially, taking half the screenwhile being useless.. poor new users

Jongware

Community Expert

Actually, as has been proven in Illustrator CC and Photoshop CC (and comments I've seen in my article on InDesignSecrets.com) new users and occasional users much prefer the Essentials panel because most things they need are in one place. It will be enhanced in future versions as it has in Illustrator and Photoshop. New users often find the Control panel confusing. I know because I'm a teacher.

One cannot help but wonder what the core beef is from some people here.

Aggregating various comments: "it is huge" (because it contains a lot of properties) "and incomplete" (that is, it should be larger still) "and it contains stuff that's also in other panels" (just like the Control panel does, and the menus, and hotkeys -- in fact there is a lot of duplication) but also "it does not contain all stuff from all other panels".

Some of these contradictions are in the very same post.