Can't move objects in InDesign CC - resetting preferences didn't work

Quitting and restarting while deleting Preference files didn't help...ideas?

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Can't Move Objects, Can't Uninstall CC

I'm running Adobe CC on Mac OS X Yosemite. I've got variations on the same problem, but the main thrust is: I can't move objects.
More detailed: I booted up InDesign this morning and started working in it. All of a sudden, I couldn't move any of my objects. Can't resize them, can't drag them, nothing. So I look up the issue and this is an ongoing problem apparently. I have done the following:
• Held down Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Command before the launch screen to delete preferences (didn't work)
• Manually found the Preferences and Caches folder and renamed them (didn't work)
• Uninstalled Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop, then reinstalled (didn't work)
• Restarted my computer after doing the first two (this worked for five minutes until I opened a browser window, and then the problem was back.
The next step I would've taken is uninstalling CC and all the applications, clearing the software, and reinstalling everything. Except now I'm being told I can't uninstall CC. Because it's in use. When it's not.
Look, Adobe, I like the product. But this is bulls***. I've done everything everyone on every message board has done to solve the problem, and it hasn't fixed this. I need the CC in order to maintain job performance. I also need to use the Internet at the same time. This shouldn't be hard.

This is an open forum with a mix of program users and Adobe staff, not Adobe support... you need Adobe support
Adobe contact information - http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html may help
-Select your product and what you need help with
-Click on the blue box "Still need help? Contact us"
or
A chat session where an agent may remotely look inside your computer may help
Creative Cloud chat support (all Creative Cloud customer service issues)
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/service-ccm.html

How can I buy or license InDesign CS4? (I need to work in CS4 for a client, even though I have a CC subscription.)

How can I buy or license InDesign CS4? (I need to work in CS4 for a client, even though I have a CC subscription.)

There's no way to buy CS4 any longer through official reseller channels. If you can get the work done in 30 days you can use a trial, which you can download at Download and Installation Help

TS1559 I have iPhone 4s, after i updated my software to 7.0.4 my wifi stopped working. The wifi icon at the top is gone. Its annoying that i have to us my data all the time. I've tried the network reset, it didn't work.

I have iPhone 4s, after i updated my software to 7.0.4 my wifi stopped working. The wifi icon at the top is gone. Its annoying that i have to us my data all the time. I've tried the network reset, it didn't work. My phone works fine, just a lilttle bit slow before i upadated to 7.0.4. And now not only the wifi, the phone itself is slower than ever. I wish i didn't udgrade to iOs 7. There's too much problems. There's this one time that I can't send iMessage at all.

Hi s.kouris,
I'm afraid that unless you are able to contact the previous owner and have him wipe the device, or provide you with his Apple ID password so you can delete the iCloud account, you are out of luck.
With iOS 7, an Activiation Lock was added to deter thieves. This lock prevents anyone but the owner of the device from deleting the iCloud account and restoring the device:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5818
Unless you are able to reach the original owner and get the device wiped or the iCloud account deleted, you are stuck with a brick.
Sorry,
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Can't move objects or text boxes in indesign CS6

I'm using a Mac (10.8.5), CS6 InDesign, and today my move tool stopped working. Any object or text box I create I can't move with the selection tool/dragging it -- they'll move with the arrows on my keyboard. I tried resetting the preferences (cmd + opt + control + shift). Any other fixes?

The solutions in this thread may be helpful:
Suddenly can't drag objects... tried several potential solutions with no luck so far.

InDesign CS6, Can't Move Objects?

ID was working great one day and the next day I opened the file and I can't move any of the objects with my mouse. Reduced to using the arrow keys for now. All other programs respond normally. No layers are locked and objects are not anchored.
Windows XP SP3, InDesign CS6
Any support would be awesome.

This worked: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990 - Indesign preference dump.

Can't move objects on desktop of iMac G5

Recently have not been able to drag widows, folders, or files on my desktop. Nor have I been able to draw boxes (text or picture) in PhotoShop or InDesign. If, for instance, you want to move a window in FireFox to accomodate another window, when you go to grab the bar at the top of the page to drag it it won't move; sometimes the result will pop the window to the Dock. Also trying to select text is very erratic; you can't always select the text you need. You can pretty well set the cursor anywhere, but that's about it. The scroll arrows work, but not the scroll bar if you grab it. At first I thought it was the Apple optical mouse, but I moved it to my laptop and it functions fine. I've tried trashing the Finder and Desktop Pref files, but that didn't work. I ran the Hardware Diagnostics off of the installer disk, but that didn't find anything wrong. Anyone have any ideas? I'm running the most up-to-date OS that I can on this machine; 10.4.11. Asside from this quirky thing, it's always run fine.

If you wish to attempt a fix before going through the lengthy process of installing and making current a new OS version. Thy this:
1) Follow this path:
Macintosh hard drive > Users > [your home folder]
2) You should see a folder in your Home folder named "Desktop"
3) Highlight (but do no open) the Desktop folder icon and then do command i (Get Info)
4) Look at the bottom section of the Get Info window, "Sharing & Permissions"
Make sure it shows that you have read and write permission for that folder. If not, unlock the permissions pane and reset to read/write.
A friend recently had the same problem and, after a week of grief, found that the Desktop folder owership had been changed. Kids maybe. Anyway, it took less time to fix it than it does to read this.
Worth a try if you need to use the computer before installing a new system.

Can't move items in Indesign with Mouse anymore

Regarding Indesign CS5.5 I have the problem I have seen posted about suddenly not being able to move selections/objects/text boxes/pictures or even slide pictures from Bridge to pasteboard with the mouse. I have already reset preferences with key stroke reboot, and it did not help. Running Windows 7 but I cannot find the file to manually trash or rename as my data tree does not match your instructions. Said I do not have admin rights, but I do. I had a Java upgrade this morning could that be it?

I have the same problem with my inDesign at work. I am using a mac. I already reset the preferences (many times), I did restart my computer also several times.
Everytime after the restart of the computer (and before resetting the preferences) it worked for some minutes. But then again it suddenly stopped while working in an InDesign file (I tested different files).
At the end I uninstalled InDesign and installed it again. Directly after the new install it doesn't work.
So I have no idea anymore what to do now. I could restart my computer and work for 10 minutes and restart it again, but that needs way too much time.
any idea?

Cannot move object in InDesign

It just started, and now every document I open I can select and rotate any object, but I can't drag it or move it! I looked and checked my layers and there's nothing on, it's not locked. I can't move anything on the page.

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Can't move objects after Pasting inside?

Using CS5.5,
I made a series of shapes like the attached one, and then I select the outer square shape and I choose to edit>paste inside the shape. I then group all of the pieces making up the shapes and I want to move it to a lower portion of my document, though when I do this the image does not come along with the shape and text.
What am I doing wrong? How should I be doing this?
Thanks.

Remember: The Layers panel is your friend! The Paste Inside command creates a mask, which is a special type of group. To move your image independently from its mask—in other words, to reposition it within the square—go to the Layers panel and click on the Link symbol between the thumbnails to unlink the two components. Then click on the image thumbnail to select the image, go to the canvas and start moving the image around (using the Pointer tool). After that, you'll probably want to relink the image and the mask—again, using the Layers panel—so they can be moved around the canvas as a unit.
As I said, masks are just a special type of group. You can unmask an object at any time using the Modify > Ungroup command, which will restore the original components as separate, independent objects. You can then regroup those objects into a mask by selecting them and choosing Modify > Mask > Group as Mask. This is my preferred way to create a mask. It produces the same results as Paste Inside but doesn't require cutting an object beforehand; instead, you simply stack the objects, select them, and run the command, with the top object—e.g., the square—becoming the mask to the bottom object(s)—e.g., the image.
If you have other, non-masked elements involved—like your gradient block with text—and you want to move them all as a unit, you have several options. One option is include all the elements in a single layer and use the Layers panel to select all the elements in that layer—by clicking on the layer folder/name. Another option would be to simply drag-select all the elements on the canvas before moving them. And a third option would be to group all the elements by selecting them and choosing Modify > Group. This last option makes it easy to move all the elements together on the canvas but makes it more awkward to edit the elements individually (which might require ungrouping using Modify > Ungroup), so it's probably not the best for you.
Finally, since your gradient block with text appears to be contained within the square that you're using to mask the image, you could opt to include that gradient block as part of your mask group as well. To do this, you'd simply stack the image, the gradient block, the text, and then the square on top. Then select them all, and choose Modify > Mask > Group as Mask. The square would become the mask for all three of the selected objects beneath it.

"can't move objects because they would fall off the drawing area" Why?!

Hi, I'm trying to move a pdf object exported from vectorworks and i get the following error message: "Can't move the objects. The following transformation would make some objects fall completely off the drawing area."
It's not the first time this has happened to me but I usually find a way to get around it. I tried increasing the page size, pasting it into a new bigger document, am i missing something?
thanks!

The drawing area is the entire surface available for drawing, and is much larger than the artboard. There are probably objects or unlocked guides that run to the edge of the drawing area.
Unlock all objects and layers, then select all. Turn on Show Bounding Box and zoom out. The edge of the bounding box show the edge of the selected objects Explore the perimeter and delete anything at the edges that's causing the problem.

Can't move objects small distances

CS6, OS X
I can't seem to move objects in my drawing small distances..I'm used to being able to do this..must be some setting I hit, but I can't find which one it might be. I have snap to off, but this isn't behaving like snap to..it's behaving like I'm only "allowed" to move objects certain distances; any smaller and the object simply doesn't move at all..
can someone shine a light on this?
thank you!
kat

FlashKatt when you create a new Doicument such as a web document uncheck the option in the new document options dialog and it then will not be a problem for that document it is a default settings for a couple of the sandard document types that are rgb based.
Always check to see if the option is on when creting a new document.
Also be aware if you are actually creating a web document then the option is actually useful as it will prevent you from creating and aligning elements that will not work on the web as you intend.
Rememebr there is no fraction of a pixel on the web only whole pixels.

Can't move Object.

I keep getting this Error Message when i try and move something i have pasted into CS5.1.
"Can't Move the objects. The Command was Canceled" . It isn't locked. It's the only thing on
the layer ( the layer isn't locked nor the image ).

If it was created using a specific plug-in, it may carry incompatible plug-in data, even after the appearance has been expanded. If you haven't, at least try expanding the artwork. For anything beyond that you would have to take that up with the vendor or update your software to work in CS5.
Mylenium

Animation: how can I move objects (and their transform keyframes)?

Hi,
I have created a project with a group of layers which all move (have transform keyframes set up).
Now I want to move the group, but when I do this and then run the animation, the position of all the transform keyframes I have set up remain in the same place.
Is there some way to move a group of objects and the location of their transform keyframes at the same time, or will I have to go through each keyframe and move them individually?
Thanks!
Jack

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Unfortunately that will require some effort on your part.
You cannot just place things on the page in HTML - you need
to build an HTML
infrastructure to hold the elements you want to appear on the
page, and to
hold them in the location where you want them to appear. As a
simple
example, consider a 1 row by 2 column table, where each
column is set to 50%
width, and the table itself is 800px wide. An image placed
into the second
column will be located exactly 400px from the left margin of
the page
(assuming a) the image is less than 400px wide, b) the table
has zero
borders, cellspacing and cellpadding, and c) there is nothing
wider than
400px in the first column.
Make sense?
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Ai CS4 & CS5: Can't move objects, huge memory usage. Tips?

Okay guys this is my first post here, so bear with me.
I'm just wondering if anyone can give guidance or refer me somewhere I can find a solution. I both CS4 and CS5 of Ai installed on my mac. Everything works just great, until I attempt to move an object. Something simple as a single line with freeze my system if I attempt to move it from one location to another.
It is odd. I can scale/transform objects without any issue. Its just when I click an object to drag it to another location my system will freeze for about 5 seconds. The object won't move still. I opened up Activity Monitor and noticed my Memory usage sky rocketed as soon as I tried to move the object.
Is there configurations for memory allocation in Illustrator like there is in photshop?
(PS I have 3GB RAM and a 120GB HDD with 30GB free space, 2.0 Intel Core 2 processor, it's a 2007 Mac Mini)

How big is the file? and is it complex if so then you simply do not have the resources. Also you might have a font cache issue.
But I think the lack of resources.

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