Hi, im not too sure (I thought it was a stock standard thing, sorry) so I'll fust give you the instructions my book has.

To save the curren InDesign Defaults file, Follow these steps:

1, Quit Adobe InDesigns CS5.

2, Locate The Indesigns Defaults file.

     . In Windows, the InDesign Defaults file is located in the Documents and Settings/Users/Username/Library/ Application Data/ Adobe/ InDesign/ Version 7.0/en_US folder.

3, Drag the Indesign Defaults file to another folder on you hard drive.

When you launch Adobe Indesign CS5 after moving the InDesigns Defaults file to another folder, a new InDesign Defaults file is automatically created and all prefrences and defaults are reset to their original factory setting.

Okay that's all of it and as far I can get is to the app data, for some reason my notebook doesnt have it and I've been trying to find other ways of getting to it but im having no luck. I would really like to avoid the Ctrl+ Alt+Shift thing because I'll apparently lose any saved settings that I might want to keep.

Hopefully that all makes sense, thank you for responding and your time =3.

Okay I've done that and tried the book instructions again, but still getting stuck at the AppData I still cant find it.... are there any other ways I could try finding it?.

Thank you again for you time =3.

thanks Jongware, ummm what manish has told me has helped ive just had to change it here and there, i just need to find out if it works the same maybe you might know. my book says document and settings\username\appdata\adobe indesign\ version7.0\en_US    dose    local disc (c:)\program adat\ adobe\ indesign\version7.5\en_GB    work the same by any chance?

@ manish, okay that explains that but what about the local disk (c:)\program data\adobe\ indesign\version7.5\ en_GB dose it work the same as whats in my text book  because its currently the only way i can find it, there is no indesign in my appdata at all. thanks again and sorry for all the trouble im putting you through.

@ Peter Spler, i tried all that before i posted this but thank you anyways.

manish stuff did help, but like i said before none of it is showing in my appsdata  like it should be. As for the book thats correct, and iv got adobe creative suite 5.5 design premium. Which im starting think the guy that sold it to me is wrong about it being fine to use with that book going by what everyone is saying and how none of it seems to be matching up quite right. As for the Ctrl+Alt+Shift like i said before i want to avoid using that so i dont lose any customizations, because from what i understand (i could be completely wrong btw) i need to go back at a later date in my lessons for collage.

same as you but i found something in the link that peter sent before early onto day before i posted this, and when i try to do everything exactly as said I keep getting stuck here or there ive kinda mixed and matched everything till its worked.  If its any help my friend whos been helping where they can has told me that program data is the same as document settings...... and also told me that what ive come up with was the same as what you told then changed their mind but by then id hit complete, hence the continues annoyence from me sorry.

my app data is showing, what manish told me worked but like I said the adobe is not in there, ive only got three folders in my appdata and non of them are adobe or lead to it.

as for the customizations and needing it later i wasnt completely sure ive been getting mixed info hence the i could be wrong before. But non the less i would still like to now how to keep the default with out lossing my settings, but im happy to use Ctrl+Alt+**** ill try and get hold of someone from collage to double check bout the customizations just to be sure and just keep looking through forms to see if anyone else has had the same problem. Thank you and sorry for the hassle

yes but that was on my old computer and my friends copy of CS. I just upgraded the other day and finally got around to getting my own copy, and i didnt want to start doing any work on it with having the indsign default setting backed up/ saved. Ive been attempting to do everything how im told and not shortcut everything like usual, that way i know what im doing.

sorry peter i was pretty much asleep at my desk last night, and was thinking you ment had i opened anything in indesign and worked on it. I  have opened indesign acouple of times and the class lesson im up to but not worked on it, and ive also opened it sense what manish has said to do and just then to but it still hasnt appeared in appsdata. As for edit the pref im guessing  you mean edit\pref\general, i have tried that and then re done the steps in the book but its still not coming up in appsdata (hopefully thats what you meant for me to do), btw sorry if ive done that wrong, living dead currently. thanks for the help.