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Missing option for text: vertical alignment buttons

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January 1, 2017
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Hi,

I've been using InDesign for quite a while now and I've just realized that a tool is now missing when I click on a . I had this option before and now I can't fin it anywhere. It is the tool to adjust where the text is aligned vertically. There was a top middle and bottom option like what is in the blue circle on the image below found in a tutorial.

I don't know why it disappeared but mine looks like that now and as you can see on the right the option I'm talking about isn't there.

Is there a way to make it come back ? What is it called and how to make it appear again ?

Thanks

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Correct answer jane-e

Your first screen shot is from a table, as Willie said. The second show Character settings for the frame.

You will also see the controls for vertical alignment if you have a text frame selected with the Selection tool if your monitor and/or resolution allows it.

The solutions are:

• Resize your window bigger if possible (sometimes a quarter inch makes a difference)

• Get a bigger monitor

• Disable something else by using the menu circled by Cinzia

• Option + double-click the frame and change it in Text Frame Options

This is new and very annoying! You can put in a feature request / bug report to the InDesign team here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

J

jonm373Author

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Thanks everyone !!

It was as you said a resolution problem and also the difference in selection Text vs text bloc. My screen is only 1366X768 I know it's bad...

I find odd that there is no way to access the tools not showing without removing the others.

Anyway thanks again !! Happy new year to everyone !!

jane-e

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Your first screen shot is from a table, as Willie said. The second show Character settings for the frame.

You will also see the controls for vertical alignment if you have a text frame selected with the Selection tool if your monitor and/or resolution allows it.

The solutions are:

• Resize your window bigger if possible (sometimes a quarter inch makes a difference)

• Get a bigger monitor

• Disable something else by using the menu circled by Cinzia

• Option + double-click the frame and change it in Text Frame Options

This is new and very annoying! You can put in a feature request / bug report to the InDesign team here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

jane-e

Community Expert

Ha! And once again Steve and I start typing at the same time with the same answer and he is a faster typist than I am!

Steve Werner

Community Expert

Happy New Year, Jane!

But your answer is more thorough!

cinziamarotta

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The icons on the control panel depend on the resolution of the monitor and on the available space in the InDesign window. If you reduce the window, some icons disappear. Probably now there is not enough space to display them all.

However you can customize the Control Panel by the upper right gear icon: