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1. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
SJRiegel Aug 12, 2015 9:36 AM (in response to angelican93747434)the curved path should work just like the angled one does. Can you share the file with the uncooperative line (via dropbox, or some other file sending service)? This would be easier to diagnose with the problem file in hand.
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3. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
Derek Cross Aug 12, 2015 9:42 AM (in response to angelican93747434)Presumably you've tried the Type on a Path tool (which is underneath the Type tool).
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4. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
angelican93747434 Aug 12, 2015 9:54 AM (in response to Derek Cross)Um yeah? I've tried both with the type on a path tool and the regular text-tool, none work...
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5. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
SJRiegel Aug 12, 2015 10:28 AM (in response to angelican93747434)How were those lines made? I cannot get text to flow onto either of them, but if I draw an identical-looking line in your document with the pen tool, it works just fine.
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6. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
angelican93747434 Aug 12, 2015 11:16 AM (in response to SJRiegel)It's drawn with the pen tool, super weird that it doesn't work, maybe I should just try to re-draw it and see if that helps... Thanks for trying to fix it!
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7. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
Peter Spier Aug 12, 2015 12:54 PM (in response to angelican93747434)I'm not sure what you did to those paths, but I was able to use them by first selecting them and going to Object > Content > and changing from text to Unassigned, at which point they show in the layers panel as Compound paths, so I went to Object > Path > Release Compound path, and they work, but they seem to be made from two paths each which are not quite aligned. You can fix that by using the Direct Select tool to marquee around the end points that should be together, then Object > Paths > Join to make a single path
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8. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
joejakey@comcast.net Apr 28, 2016 10:25 PM (in response to angelican93747434)I also apparently have the same problem. Using InDesign CC, I can create a path with the pen tool. I can edit it with the direct selection tool. But when I switch to the text-on-a-path tool I can wait forever for that plus sign. It never shows up. When I just position over the path and start typing, I get straight inline horizontal text. The layers panel shows it as a simple path, nothing weird about it. Is the text-on-a-path tool broken?
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9. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
Laubender Apr 29, 2016 4:42 AM (in response to joejakey@comcast.net)Hi Joe, I just tested the Pen tool with the Text-on-Path tool. Nothing unusual.
InDesign CC 2015.3 on Mac OSX 10.10.3 German.What is your exact version of InDesign and OS?
Uwe
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10. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
joejakey@comcast.net Apr 29, 2016 9:39 AM (in response to Laubender)I am using InDesign 2015.3 Release 11.3.0.34 x64 Build, running on Windows7 on a Dell desktop.
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11. Re: Text refuses to follow certain path
joejakey@comcast.net Apr 29, 2016 9:40 AM (in response to joejakey@comcast.net)I am using InDesign 2015.3 Release 11.3.0.34 x64 Build, running on Windows7 on a Dell desktop. US English.