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For years I've been able to place an image in a document using command-D. Now, without warning, command-D brings the object into a menu called 'links' and I cannot place it in the document?
Any help to how I can bring InDesign back into it's customary behavior would be greatly appreciated as I've had to stop my project now until I get this resolved.
TIA,
Ken
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I shut the system down and restarted. That alone made InDesign 'wake up' and function properly. So I won't need to trash preferences but wanted to thank you and everyone here for responding with help. These computers need a 'kick' once in a while...
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Okay, discovered, Control D is the place command. This is what happens when you get old. Couldn't find how to delete this question so I'll mark this as correct answer.
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And, of course, Command D on a Mac!
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Hooray! I have not completely lost my mind!... I thought I was using command-D on my Mac from the begining of time. BUT, now that means that I have the original problem: When I press command-D the file goes to a isolated place in a menu pallete called 'Links' and is useless there. I want to place images and can no longer do it. So, I still have the original problem. Imagest go to 'links' and are not placed in the document like normal. Any idea of what I should do to get things working again? I'll try shutting the system down and re-starting everything as this is truly haywire behavior.
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It is ctrl + d on Windows and cmd + d on a Mac. But those are defaults and can be changed to anything you want them to be.
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Command-D gets a menu so I can choose a file to place, but then that file goes to a pallete called 'Links' and I cannot place it in the document. Never had this problem with InDesign before. The document is not locked and is on an open clear layer.
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The shortcut to open the Links panel is Cmd+Sh+D, vs the shortcut for Place which as previously mentioned is Cmd+D. Is the Shift key stuck on your keyboard? If not, consider trashing preferences.
~Barb
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Shift key is not stuck so preferences.... I am looking for at the finder level and do not see 'preferences' anywhere in the InDesign application folder. Where do I find those so I can trash them?
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I shut the system down and restarted. That alone made InDesign 'wake up' and function properly. So I won't need to trash preferences but wanted to thank you and everyone here for responding with help. These computers need a 'kick' once in a while...