InDesign Character & Page Layout views

I am having an issue where there is nothing showing up on one of our designers character palette & page layout palate. Therefore if we add a new page to the document we just get a blank box in the page layout palette. Similarly nothing at all shows up in the character style box (normally you get fonts / sizes / etc there. It's just an empty box!
Any ideas. All the other palates appear to be fine.
He is using CS3.

Sounds like a case of corrupt preferences. (Trash) reset your preferences.
Bob

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Deaf Web Designer wrote:
> Hi TheStrangerSome,
>
> If I may chime in and add to Jim Babbage's advice or
suggestion.
>
> Please note that there is no such a thing as "WYSIWYG"
editor. It is more
> accurate of putting "HTML" as HTML editing app.
> In addition to this aspect of discussion about web
authoring app issue, it
> should be addressed in either general discussion forums
either at Dreamweaver
> or Contribute for that matter.
>
> As for "changing the order" from Web Premium to Design
Premium, it is BEST if
> you talk to Adobe customer service department
immediately. Though, I believe
> that their business hours are based on Pacific Standard
Time Monday through
> Friday. Please refer to Contact as appeared on top of
Adobe systemwide website,
> including this forum. If you roll your browser up to the
top of webpage, you'll
> notice the term "Contact". use that link for further
details.
>
> I think you might be mistaken for term "layout" used in
InDesign or Fireworks.
> Please note that InDesign is specifically designed for
high-end
> professional-quality print layout such as magazine
articles, newspapers and PDF
> documentations (export as PDF format) straight out of
InDesign application.
> That might confuse you or led you into thinking that
InDesign is ideally a
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>
> Perhaps that you stick to the fundamentals of Fireworks
or Photoshop and use
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>
> By the sound of your a bit of confusion or don't
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overwhelemed with all
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primary functionality or the
> main purposes of these applications and what they are
for, etc.
>
> So, hopefully this helps you better understand and try
to figure this out
> yourself, because you know what's the best for you.
>
> Hope that helps, no?
>
>
> P.S. Please note that Adobe forums are based on
"volunteer-basis", which means
> it is not monitored or run by full-time Adobe staff or
team from Adobe.
> Although, there are times, that some people from Adobe
chime in and offer some
> tips or suggestion or pointers. In other words, there
are thousand of forum
> participants, like you, helping each other. Hopefully
that helps, too.
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
TheStrangerSome
> Hi, I've currently ordered CS3 Web Premium and it won't
ship until tomarrow,
> and I don't know whether I should cancel it and get the
Design Premium instead.
>
> It all depends on whether Fireworks is a must have for
web page design. Does
> it offer anything invaluable that I need that Photoshop
Cs3 won't already fill?
> I saw the tour for InDesign and was impressed how you
can create amazing page
> layouts and how you can export them to XHTML.
>
> I probably won't be using Adobe Contribute as I prefer
making my own WYSIWYG
> editor in asp.net for my webpages, because I don't want
to buy a new license of
> Contribute for every web page I make for a different
client, so the choice of
> whether I should leave Web Premium and get Design
Premium rest on whether
> Fireworks is more useful for webpage design and whether
creating web page
> layouts with InDesign is worth paying the extra money
for (I don't mind using
> it to create computer software manuals as well).
>
> I appreciate any input on this matter. :)
>
>
>
Excellent clarifications, DWD.
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