Why can't I undo on indesign

I am an old photoshop and Quark express user coming back into the design world after a 7 year change of career.
I am now trying to use Creative Cloud and the indesign program. I find it difficult to use but I know its just a learning curve. So now to my delima, I have noticed that I can't use my undo command when I want to make a change. I also am trying to figure out why I can select any images or text boxes anymore in a document I am using. Its like the document some how got flattened. Please respond. I also notice that my text boxes sometimes change angles. Is this normal?
Paul

Welcome Paul. When you know QuarkXpress than InDesign is easy to learn.
The reasons why you can't access any object on the canvas may be, that you locked them. Try "Object > Unlock All on Spread" or you have locked the layer you are working on. See the palette if there is a small lock before the layer name. Another option can be that you put your objects on the master page and now you are on the "normal" page. See the layer palette and double click on the master.
Text boxes with angles? You mean that they are no rectangles anymore? Select the object and go to "Object > Convert shape > Rectangle". The reason is that InDesign come with basic Illustrator functions. Always use the black arrow for general selecting purposes. The white arrow goes deeper into the objects and can manipulate e.g. the shape of a text field.
To navigate on the canvas you can hold "space bar".

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