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Paragraph styles turn text white?

New Here ,
Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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Hi all,

I'm encountering a weird problem in InDesign, where text randomly turns white when I apply paragraph styles. At first it only happened when I tried to paste text from a Word document into a text box and then tried to apply a paragraph style, but now it also happens when I switch from one paragraph style to another.

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For some reason I can't paste without formatting (the option is also grayed out in the menu), which means text is always highlighted turquoise when it appears in the document. That in itself wouldn't be a problem (although it's odd), but as I mentioned, once I try to apply a paragraph style to it, the whole text simply turns white.

This doesn't appear to be an override, and thus I also can't use the button to clear overrides to get rid of whatever is being applied.

I've tried pasting with CMD+V from Word docs, Google Docs and Scrivener, and I've tried importing text the proper way.

Does anybody know what's happening? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can also upload a screencast of it if necessary.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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Try restoring your InDesign preferences:

Trash, Replace, Reset, or Restore the application Preferences

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Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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Hi Steve, thanks very much for the suggestion, I'll give this a try!

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Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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Is there a Character Style applied somewhere?

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Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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Re Steve's excellent suggestion, to save you going through all the ways of trashing your InDesign Preferences, try this;

Close and relaunch InDesign, and IMMEDIATELY hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift (Windows) or Cmd + Ctrl + Opt + Shift (Mac), and respond in the affirmative to the dialog asking if you really want to replace the preferences. you must be extremely fast on the keyboard (if you don’t see the confirmation prompt, you were too slow),

You may have to do it a couple of times before you get the hang of it!

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Hi Derek, thanks a lot for the tip, I'll give this a try!

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Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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Derek, no need to jump on the keys. Just hold down the keys first, then start the application. Took me a while to realize this would work. 😉

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Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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Thank you AM. x

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Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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When you apply the Paragraph Style make sure that you have Shift and Option pressed. This will detach any previous styles that may have been applied.

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Jun 24, 2017 Jun 24, 2017

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Hi Bill, thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately this option is not available when I try to paste, it's even grayed out in the menu.

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Jun 25, 2017 Jun 25, 2017

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Object style [None] and clear override and character style [None]. Finally create text frame

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