-
1. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
P Spier Jan 31, 2012 5:48 AM (in response to Cubed Root Sound) -
2. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
Cubed Root Sound Jan 31, 2012 9:20 AM (in response to P Spier)I already tried both of those things. I assumed the replacement of prefs would be the fix, since the problem is global (and it affects not just paragraph styles, but all styles, in all of the documents I've opened). But it does not fix it. I successfully trashed prefs with the key command, but it didn't fix the issue.
-
3. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
P Spier Jan 31, 2012 9:26 AM (in response to Cubed Root Sound)Definitely not normal...
When you apply a paragraph style by putting the cursor inthe paragraph and choosing one from wither the panel or the dropdown in the control panel, what does the contolpanel then list as the style, the old name or the new one?
-
4. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
Cubed Root Sound Jan 31, 2012 9:55 AM (in response to P Spier)Neither. Let's say I click into a paragraph. The current style will be highlighted. If I click on another style (or even attempt to re-apply the same style by clicking on it in the styles pane), it momentarily highlights the new style, then flashes a little bar underneath (like the one that shows up if I were to try to re-organize the styles list by dragging a style to a different pace in the styles list), then all the styles become unselected, but no changes have been applied to the paragraph in question. Very definitely not normal. It is almost as if the pane assumes that I am attempting to drag the style even when I am merely clicking on it. Very weird.
-
5. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
P Spier Jan 31, 2012 10:04 AM (in response to Cubed Root Sound)Yes, I understood that from the first post. You didn't answer the quetion I asked, though, about what style is now listed in the Control panel (NOT the Paragraph Styles panel).
-
6. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
Cubed Root Sound Jan 31, 2012 10:09 AM (in response to Cubed Root Sound)Very strange indeed. I found that this issue has come up for Windows 7/Vista users because of a text rendering issue. Apparently they can set the quality of text rendering or something. Adobe posted an article about it in "Known Issues." I just went into my preferences and changed the "Greeking" options all the way to "better performance." This fixed the issue in that I can now click on styles to apply them... but it takes a long time for the changes to take effect on screen (like 5 or so seconds). This is just stupid. I'm sure my computer can handle the text rendering and processing. This seems like a very silly InDesign for Mac issue.
-
7. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
Cubed Root Sound Jan 31, 2012 10:12 AM (in response to P Spier)Sorry. The Control Panel shows the original paragraph style (if by control panel, you mean toolbar).
-
8. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
Cubed Root Sound Jan 31, 2012 10:20 AM (in response to Cubed Root Sound)It's actually not the Greeking. It is the "Live Screen Drawing." If I set "Live Screen Drawing" to "Never," I can apply paragraph styles (but it takes a long time for that change to affect the text). If I set "Live Screen Darwing" to "immediate" or "delayed," my former problem resurfaces. The Greeking is immaterial.
Further, if I unclick "Multi-Touch Gestures," it NEVER applies the changes, but de-highlights all the styles after highlighting the new style for about 5 seconds. A slight change in behavior, but very ood.
-
9. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
P Spier Jan 31, 2012 10:22 AM (in response to Cubed Root Sound)Have you installed the 7.5.2 patch?
I can tell you that if this was a general problem we'd be hearing about it a LOT, but I don't remember anyone else reporting it. That makes me suspect there's something "special" about your system. Do you have any third party plugins? A font manager?
What about if you create a new user account and log in with that. Is the behavior the same?
-
10. Re: Clicking a Paragraph Style Does Not Apply Style to Text
Cubed Root Sound Jan 31, 2012 10:30 AM (in response to P Spier)Right on about the third-party plug-ins. It was actually "Right Zoom." A third-party application that fixes some zonky zoom behavior native to Macs. I de-activated it, and it cleared up the problem. That is quite strange, though, is it not? Thanks for all your help!



