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How to disable "4 clicks selects all"?

Community Beginner ,
Jun 14, 2017 Jun 14, 2017

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I recently upgraded to 2017 Creative Cloud version of InDesign.  Now, if I inadvertently click 4 times using the text tool, it selects ALL text.  When I then try to unselect it, it takes 50-60 seconds for that to happen.  Any way to disable the selection in the first place?

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Guide , Jun 14, 2017 Jun 14, 2017

There is a preference setting that changes the behaviour of the four-times clicking (as well as triple clicking):

  1. Choose Preferences > Type
  2. Select Triple Click to Select a Line.
    prefs-triple-click.png
    This will reset the behaviour of the four time click to select a paragraph and not all the text in a text frame or series of threaded text frames (story).

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Jun 14, 2017 Jun 14, 2017

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Clicking four times with the Type tool in InDesign CC 2017 for me selects a paragraph, not all the text.

Try restoring your InDesign preferences:

Trash, Replace, Reset, or Restore the application Preferences

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There is a preference setting that changes the behaviour of the four-times clicking (as well as triple clicking):

  1. Choose Preferences > Type
  2. Select Triple Click to Select a Line.
    prefs-triple-click.png
    This will reset the behaviour of the four time click to select a paragraph and not all the text in a text frame or series of threaded text frames (story).

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