Indesign frustration

[cornerstone]

Scenario: I'm working in InDesign and need to flip over to another program. I leave the Indesign file open. When I want to go back to my Indesign file I click on the open file but Indesign doesn't 'activate'. The program is grayed out. I have to click on another open program on the Dock and then click on the Indesign icon on the dock. Now my Indesign file is 'activated'. Any time I go back to Indesign I have to click on the Dock icon instead of clicking on my open Indesign file window. UGH!
Does anyone else have this problem? I even tried re-installing Indesign. It's VERY frustrating! All other adobe programs work just fine when I click on the open document.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[Al Ferrari]

Is InDesign the only application showing this behavior?
Was there an earlier time when this was not so?
Which OSX version are you on?
Are you using any system extensions that affect program switching?

Al

 

[cornerstone]

Yes, Indesign is the only application behaving like this. It worked fine until about 5 months ago. I upgraded to 5.5 from 5.0 and I was hoping that would solve the problem but it didn't. My operating system is 10.6.8. I'm not sure what you mean by system extensions.

Is InDesign the only application showing this behavior?
Was there an earlier time when this was not so?
Which OSX version are you on?
Are you using any system extensions that affect program switching?

Al

 

[Al Ferrari]

Your answer may be hidden in what you changed 5 months ago.

System extensions are like plug-ins, but for the operating system instead of a particular application.

Al

 

[pcmodem]

Resetting the InDesign Preferences might solve the problem. I haven't done this in a long time, but I think you have to hold down command + Shift While Opening InDesign

 

[Al Ferrari]

Why would this work, when reinstalling InDesign had gave no improvement?

Al

 

[Al Ferrari]

One such system extension that could be the culprit is ASM by:


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Al

 

[pcmodem]

Your Preferences don't get wiped out when you reinstall.

 

[Al Ferrari]

That would have been good to mention for us novices.

Al

 

[pcmodem]

Al, I don't consider you a novice in the slightest.

 

[Al Ferrari]

Thank you, and I'll try not to let you down, but I had forgotten that about the ID preferences, and my fair guess is that Cornerstone had also, or may not have known it.

Al

 

[Stephen Marsh]

Have you tried holding down the CMD key and hitting the TAB key to cycle between open apps? Curious to see if this behaves the same way.

Stephen Marsh