Workspace Background Width 3x

[Jack]

I was editing my document when suddenly the workspace background tripled in width. I'm not sure what effect, if any, this has on the finished product, but it is very distracting, annoying, etc.

I tried closing and reopening the document, but there was no change.

Next I'm going to close ID and restart, then if necessary restart my computer (iMac).

I believe there is a keyboard shortcut for resetting ID preferences on startup. What is that? It might help here?

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

Hi Jack:

To reset prefs on start-up do one of the following:

• (Windows) Start InDesign, and then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files.
• (Mac OS) While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control, start InDesign. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files.

Before you do that, you might check your pasteboard's horizontal margins.

~Barb

[Jack]

Perfect, Barb. It was happening to all of my documents. Whatever it was, the reset got rid of it.

Best,

jwc

[Jack]

When I visited the forum page I found that other option, but too late. I had already restarted ID with shift-Ctrl-Opt-Cmd.which solved the issue.

tks,

jwc

[Barb Binder]

Hi Jack:

Glad we were able to help.

~Barb