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• • September 27, 2010 at 7:19 am #57144
    letterwoman

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    I was wondering if there's a way to make the window size of my InDesign file be the same size every time I open it? Whenever I open an old or new file in CS5, the window always fills the right edge of my screen and I don't like that. I would rather have the right edge of my window snap to or butt against the palettes on the right side of my screen so that the window isn't going behind my palettes. Since all the palettes are along the right edge of the screen, I can't see what's under them in the document window.

    It seems like I had the same problem when I first got CS4, but I can't remember if there was anything special I had to do to make my window always snap to my palettes. When I opened one file and pulled the bottom right edge against the palettes, it seems like that took care of it and every file I opened after that stayed that size. But that doesn't work in CS5.

    Does anyone know how to fix this so I don't have to pull the bottom right corner of the window every time I open a file. It's kind of annoying.

  • September 27, 2010 at 8:08 am #57145
    David Blatner

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    You cannot set the window size.

    But you can fix your problem by docking your panels, rather than having them floating on the right side. Drag the panel tab over to the right until you see a vertical blue line, then let go, and it'll be docked. Then the windows should not open behind them.

  • September 27, 2010 at 8:21 am #57146
    letterwoman

    Member

    Thank you so much! You don't know how much this was driving me crazy. I really appreciate it.

  • December 16, 2011 at 4:34 am #61271
    Michael McMann

    Member

    David Blatner said:

    You cannot set the window size.

    But you can fix your problem by docking your panels, rather than having them floating on the right side. Drag the panel tab over to the right until you see a vertical blue line, then let go, and it'll be docked. Then the windows should not open behind them.

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    Thank you, David.

    Like 'letterwoman' this has ben a real source of irritation. I couldn't see what you meant, at first, by the verticle 'blue line' on the pallette edge on the far side of the screen. However, I persevered and have now saved it as my primary Workspace and life just got a little bit easier. Many thanks.

    Michael

  • December 18, 2011 at 10:46 pm #61278
    atwfg828

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    This is not working for me. Is it not a CS4 feature or am I doing something wrong? I would love for it to work. I like everyone else get annoyed having to grab the window and downsize it everytime. I always leave a gap, so the panels never pop out over my pasteboard. Is that at all possible?

  • February 2, 2012 at 1:11 pm #61587
    topsitall

    Member

    I agree. This has been annoying me for a long time but it's not a matter of the window just being under the tools, I hate that every time you open a document or start a new layout the size has to be as large as your large screen! I am forever sizing the window down. Please tell me there is some way to have a document open with less pasteboard or white space!

  • February 2, 2012 at 3:18 pm #61588
    mjp29

    Member

    I made a script and leave the script panel open in the lower right corner.

    After I open up an InDesign file I just click on the script and it resizes to my desired size.

    tell application “Adobe InDesign CS5”

    set the bounds of the front window to {50, 0, 1135, 1200}
    end tell

  • May 22, 2012 at 6:34 am #62238
    dmscat

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    Rather than using a script, one can do the following:

    From the Menu Bar (TOP) Try WINDOW>Application Frame (instead of Application Bar). Resize your “Frame” to your liking and when you create a new document the same size should come up.

    Can use this for documents that are already created as well. After resizing the “Frame”, open your already created file and.. tah dah, to size. Close and open again, and….to size.

  • September 5, 2016 at 10:37 pm #88172
    Linda Holderness

    Member

    Your post from 2012, dmscat, has saved my sanity. It’s so easy … WINDOW>Application Frame. Done! After all these years of torture constantly trying to decrease and control the size of my InDesign workspace. Thank you, thank you.

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