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.

[hendy_5450]

where by preferences do i find this?

[Peter Spier]

That's the "General" screen, the first on on the list.

[hendy_5450]

don't see it

[jmlevy]

Object editing. You have already unchecked the option.

[hendy_5450]

this doesn't work. I can't edit any objects that are from my parent pg.

[Peter Spier]

If you are using objects on the parent page they must be empty frames, and sized and positioned as they are meant to be in the final form (which is what I understood you intended). 

On the document page, use File > Place.. to ad the content into the empty frames by hovering the loaded cursor over them and clicking.

[jmlevy]

this doesn't work. I can't edit any objects that are from my parent pg.

To edit objects that are on a parent page, you must release them first. 

[jmlevy]

this doesn't work. I can't edit any objects that are from my parent pg.

[jmlevy]

To edit objects that are on a parent page, you must release them first. 

[BobLevine]

What exactly are you trying to do? It's a bit hard to point you in the right direction without a precise workflow.

[hendy_5450]

it's very simple.
I'm trying to create a cookbook with the the pictures and recipes in the
same spot on each page, I want to edit the text and place a new picture on
each page but not be able to move so that each one is in the same spot on
each page