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Indesign textfield problem

Aug 7, 2012 2:51 AM

Tags: #text #indesign #overlapping #cs6 #textfield

Hello,

 

I've been having an issue with Indesign for quite some time now.

Whenever I start a new textfield and write my text and press enter to start a new line, Indesign skips the entire textfield and shows the red + sign which you get when you have overlapping text. I have the same problem now in CS6 although it worked perfectly until this morning.

 

Everything works normally except for Adobe suite programs.

 

I hope any of you can help me, it will be much appreciated!

 

kind regards,

 

Ralph

611 Views   10 Replies   Latest reply: Peter Spier, Aug 7, 2012 7:30 AM
 
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  • AMreso
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    1. AMreso,
    Aug 7, 2012 5:52 AM   in reply to JTRVeldman
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    JTRVeldman

     

    Please dont use the enter key that is with the number pad , use the enter key that is with the alphabets.

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 5:54 AM   in reply to AMreso
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    I use the normal enter on the keyboard not the numpad enter.

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 6:49 AM   in reply to JTRVeldman
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    Are you on Windows? A laptop?

     

    Some Windows machines, mostly laptops, map both enter keys together and toggle the behavior between them based on the status of the Caps Lock key. Try toggling the caps lock and see if it makes a difference. If you are unlucky enough to have one of these systems the best bet is to make a custom shorcut set and assign the numpad enter to a paragraph break, too, then creat a new shorcut for column break if you need it.

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 6:53 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    I am on an Windows 7 Toshiba laptop.

    Just toggled the caps lock and it works again.

     

    Yet I still wonder why it didn't work at the time when I had capslock off.. That was with CS5.5

     

    Thank you Peter!

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 6:56 AM   in reply to JTRVeldman
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    First time I've heard of this happening on a Toshiba.

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 7:12 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Well although this is an older model (toshiba satellite p300-24t) which I bought in 2008 I never had this before either. Just the last year or so..

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 7:14 AM   in reply to JTRVeldman
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    Did you flash the Bios?

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 7:16 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    And it can't have come with Windows 7 as original equipment. Did you wipe the system, or do an in-place upgrade?

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 7:19 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Correct, It originally came with Windows Vista 64 bit on it. This laptop and Vista don't mix well together so I got Windows 7 as soon as possible. Now I reinstall Windows 7 and clean up the entire laptop once every 6 months or so.

     
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    Aug 7, 2012 7:30 AM   in reply to JTRVeldman
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    Well I have no idea why the behavior would change, but laptops tend to be a bit flakier than desktops and have more custom drivers. Could be as simple as the wrong keyboard driver.

     

    My old Toshiba laptop running XP developed a nasty habit of losing the sytem fonts and displaying dialogs in gibberish so I wiped and reinstalled from the recovery disks, and that was bad enough, let alone changing the OS.

     
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