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tools missing from menu bar Indesign CC 2020

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November 11, 2019
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Just updated to the most recent build/version of InDesign (2020, 15.0 x64) and I am missing some (what I consider) important tools from the menu bar. AndI can't seem to get them back. Took some screen shots from my 2019 version and the 2020 version. The one I really care about is the Zoom Level. I feel like it's always been there (meaning - I don't recall ever needing to add it to that bar) so I've become pretty dependent on it.

There's a way to get it back, yes?

I am using a custom workspace and initially, I thought that was the problem (that I hadn't applied it after the update) but that is not the case.

I would greatly appreciate anyone letting me in on the secret to getting it back! (no matter how foolish I'll feel if it's something really simple. 😉 )

Thanks in advance!

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Correct answer jane-e

Hi

Zoom is now in the lowest left. View Options and Screen Modes are in the Toolbar at the bottom.

You can post a feature request here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/

~ Jane

sonjam16776818

New Participant

Thank you... I waited till the last minute to finish my assignment and couldnt find the tool bar. you saved the day and my grade

Scott Citron

Braniac

Regardless of whether or not you can get the 100% zoom level back, do yourself a huge favor and learn to use the keyboard shortcut of Control-1/Command-1 on Windows/MacOS. Once memorized, you'll never miss the need to click on a menu item again.

jane-e

Braniac

Hi

I just looked, and yes, they are gone from the Start workspace, but some can't be used in 2019 in the Start workspace, such as Zoom and Arrange Documents. Changing the Screen Mode from the Start Workspace worked as expected — it changed the defaults on new documents.

Do they show up when you have a file open and use the Advanced Workspace or Essential Classic?

~Jane

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deannarwAuthor

Inspiring

My apologies -- I was only trying to capture the menu bar (the section I highlighted with the red oval), which is the same when a document is open as it is on the start screen. They are not just greyed out, but not there at all. With a document open, I did switch my custom workspace to the 'essentials classic', and ran through every workpace option, and they do not show up in the menu bar no matter which I choose.

I also did check the lower left corner of the interface -- and I'm not seeing them thier neither. Well, not all of them. And really, that is sor of dependant on how I have my interface set up. I have my 'tools' on the left side of my workspace. And while I 'do' see the 'view options', I'm not seeing any of the others.

Really tho, the only one I want back is the zoom level. (In my screen shot, it's the one with the 100%) Can I add that to any of my tool bars?

jane-eCorrect answer

Braniac

Hi

Zoom is now in the lowest left. View Options and Screen Modes are in the Toolbar at the bottom.

You can post a feature request here: https://indesign.uservoice.com/

~ Jane

BobLevine

Braniac

Look in the lower-left corner of the interface. All of these things (as you've discovered) have been moved.

jane-e

Braniac

You beat me by 58 seconds, Bob, but I don't see those things in the Welcome Screen. All I have is "What's New?"

~ Jane

BobLevine

Braniac

Why would you need them on the start screen?

There's nothing to zoom into. There' no multiple windows open to arrange. None of those tools have anything to do with the start screen.

This was a conscious decision to clean up the interface on both Windows and Mac.

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