lock text boxes and frames but not its content

[hendy_5450]

how can i lock all text boxes, but not the text and all frames with pictures, but not the pictures so that all pages have the same layout without having things move around

[Peter Spier]

If all pages should have the same objects in the same size and position, then putting those objects on the Parent Page is probably the best approach.

[hendy_5450]

And then how do I change them on each page without allowing them to be
moved around?

[jmlevy]

Did you try my suggestion?

[Peter Spier]

If you follow @jmlevy 's suggestion you will be able to lock the objects on the Parent page but still hover your loaded cursor over them and place content on the document page and they will not move.

[jmlevy]

Uncheck this option in the preferences.