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Buttons panel gone and nowhere to be found

Apr 5, 2012 9:44 AM

Tags: #cs4 #buttons #indesign #troubleshooting #interactivity

Hi all,

 

For some reason my Indesign CS4 does not show the buttons panel anymore. Window > Interactive only shows Bookmarks, Hyperlinks and Page Transitions as options. I've tried all workspaces (even interactivity) and the option to show the buttons panel does not appear. Futhermore, there's also no option to create a new button. Object > Interactive is gone as well.

 

What is going on here?

1209 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: MacBryce, Apr 7, 2012 4:05 AM
 
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  • Jeffrey_Smith
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    1. Jeffrey_Smith,
    Apr 5, 2012 10:18 AM   in reply to MacBryce
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    You can check to see if the visibility was turned off for these items. Edit > Menus (at the bottom) > Menu Customization

     
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  • MacBryce
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    2. MacBryce,
    Apr 5, 2012 10:30 AM   in reply to Jeffrey_Smith
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    Thanks! But it didn't solve the problem.

     

    Strangely enough, there is no entry for Interactive > Buttons in the Menu Customization either.

     

    I am running InDesign CS4, version 6.06.

     
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  • Jeffrey_Smith
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    3. Jeffrey_Smith,
    Apr 5, 2012 10:38 AM   in reply to MacBryce
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    Have you thrashed/replaced your prefs? (Reminder: check the thread/link at the top of discussion page for detailed instructions for replacing prefs if needed)

     
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  • MacBryce
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    4. MacBryce,
    Apr 5, 2012 11:58 AM   in reply to Jeffrey_Smith
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    Thanks again. I trashed the prefs file but it didn't change anything, so it's probably not just a setting.

     

    Any other idea's, or is there a way to manually start up the Button window?

     
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  • Jeffrey_Smith
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    5. Jeffrey_Smith,
    Apr 5, 2012 12:43 PM   in reply to MacBryce
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    If you contextually select a frame, is the interactive options available in this popup menu?

     
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  • MacBryce
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    6. MacBryce,
    Apr 5, 2012 1:06 PM   in reply to Jeffrey_Smith
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    Yes, but the only options I get there are New Hyperlink, New Hyperlink Destination and New Bookmark.

     
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  • Jeffrey_Smith
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    7. Jeffrey_Smith,
    Apr 5, 2012 1:17 PM   in reply to MacBryce
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    At first I thought the contextual menu shows everything regardless of your workspace. But that is not the case, the contextual menus works in conjunction with the workspace. With that said, have you  tried the Advanced Workspace, which shows all menu items? If so and still no go, then my thoughts would be re-install, but I would wait and see if anyone else has thoughts.

     
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  • Manish-Sharma
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    8. Manish-Sharma,
    Apr 5, 2012 1:27 PM   in reply to Jeffrey_Smith
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    the defualt plugin to work with button panel is ButtonUI.apln on windows ,The OS is not mentioned on the thread ,

     

    You can check for that plugin in the adobe Indesign folder in program files folder (windows) or application folder(mac) ,

     

    If not found , just re-install , (no need to uninstall)

     
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    9. MacBryce,
    Apr 7, 2012 4:05 AM   in reply to Manish-Sharma
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    Thanks everyone. ButtonUI file doesn't seem to be there so I'll reinstall. Good to know I don't need to uninstall since that takes quite some time.

     
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