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Can't Escape Text Box

Aug 17, 2012 10:54 AM

Tags: #text #editing #box #escape

Help!! One of my favorite shortcut keys has mysteriously stopped working. I always press "Escape" on the keyboard to exit out of editing a text box. Now when I press Escape, it is doing nothing. I have the keyboard functions NumLock and F Lock turned on, but they are always on. Did I somehow turn this feature off??

468 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Peter Spier, Aug 17, 2012 11:32 AM
 
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  • Peter Spier
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    1. Peter Spier,
    Aug 17, 2012 11:02 AM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    By default, I think, Escape should change to the selection tool when you are editing text. Are you using a custom shortcut set? Have you checked in Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts...? What's the OS?

     
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    2. bearcatnat,
    Aug 17, 2012 11:20 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    I have added a few custom shortcuts, but not recently. This just started happening today. It's Windows XP, and version CS3 of InDesign.

     
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    3. Peter Spier,
    Aug 17, 2012 11:27 AM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    Check the set to make sure it's still active and correct, and if it is, see Replace Your Preferences

     
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    4. bearcatnat,
    Aug 17, 2012 11:28 AM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    Hmm, it seems to have mysteriously resolved itself....I have a large magazine file open, so maybe it was a memory thing? I don't know!

     
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    5. Peter Spier,
    Aug 17, 2012 11:32 AM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    Did you happen to reboot? That can clear a temporary problem sometimes.

     
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