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Lock icon shows but won't unlock

Community Beginner ,
Sep 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020

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When I lock items on a spread, the lock icon shows up, but clicking to unlock only works about 1/10 times. 90% of the time I have to unlock everything on the spread and then relock everything but the one item that I needed unlocked. How do I make it so I can always unlock a single item at a time without having to unlock the entire spread?

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Community Expert , Sep 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020

You can lock objects and you can lock layers. When you are working with locking, I highly recommend working with the Layers panel open—that way you can see exactly what is going on, and you can lock/unlock only what you need. 

 

~Barb

 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020

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You can lock objects and you can lock layers. When you are working with locking, I highly recommend working with the Layers panel open—that way you can see exactly what is going on, and you can lock/unlock only what you need. 

 

~Barb

 

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Sep 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020

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Thank you! Not as simple/convenient as I would like, but it's still far better than having to unlock everything and then relock when I only need one thing undone. I'll be working with my Layers panel open from now on.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020

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Hi Kim,

even with an unlocked layer, it will also depend on your patience.

If you near your cursor to the lock icon on the object you have to wait until the cursor is showing an unlocked lock. Then is the right time for a click to unlock the object.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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LEGEND ,
Sep 11, 2020 Sep 11, 2020

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Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. In addition to great information shared by Barb and Uwe, I'd recommend checking out this help article to know more about lock/unlock objects in Adobe InDesign.

Hope it helps.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

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Sep 12, 2020 Sep 12, 2020

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And I thought only Australians called me Bob! 😜

 

~Barb 

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Sep 12, 2020 Sep 12, 2020

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I place my cursor on the first lock cell in the panel

press the mouse and stay pressed

drag down to apply the lock/unlock to the layers below

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