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Inspiring
May 25, 2011 9:10 PM UTC
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P: Issue adding line-wrap to text using identity plate in Print module

This request pertains to Lightroom 3.4.1...In the Print module to add text, I click the "Identity Plate" and start typing my text...the problem comes when I want to skip a line or wrap to the next line. In Scott Kelby's book "Lightroom 3", page 340, paragraph titled "Step One" it says to ."...press Alt-Enter twice to move down two lines." This is for a PC. For MAC it says "...press Option-Return" I contacted NAPP about this and they say it is a bug that Adobe needs to fix for PC users (apparently it does work for MAC users but not for PC users). Can you please fix this or tell me if there is a work-around to the problem. I really need to add more than one line of text when printing my images using Lightroom3. Thank you.

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Inspiring
Apr 9, 2017 12:34 PM UTC
...and still exists in 2017!
Conspiracy theory, anyone?
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Participating Frequently
Oct 5, 2016 3:28 PM UTC
Adobe apparently wants its Windows users to look elsewhere for support as they seem to want to make Windows a second class OS to Apple. Why haven't they fixed tis slight of Windows users in the past 4 years?
I'm a full Creative Cloud Windows user but the support from On1's Photo 10 is calling more and more every day that Adobe ignores Windows.
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Participating Frequently
Oct 4, 2015 2:43 PM UTC
Please fix this; having the same issue. This bug exists already so long...
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Inspiring
Sep 17, 2015 1:57 AM UTC
I am irritated too. I am using the LR6. Even this latest Lightroom version is incapable of adding multi line text to photos and collages. I cannot understand why the Adobe software developers cannot add the option of adding a text box (in addition to the Identity Plate) to the print module. Even Picasa can do that.
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May 5, 2015 4:20 PM UTC
I agree with Carlos, Why Mac OS and not Win OS? When compiling slide shows in LR, multi-line text is a necessity for conveying a story, image, etc. To me, it seems like an "easy fix" for Adobe.
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Carlos_Oliveras
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Apr 28, 2015 11:19 AM UTC
4 years without fixing this issue... Ok it's minor, but it seems simple to fix... please allow for extra lines to be added to identity plates. It's not just an issue with the identity plate "per se", but it also affects any area where identity plates are used for something else... specially, in the slideshow module, where an intro screen can be created using an identity plate, but since it uses the "normal" identity plate editor, I can't do something as simple as adding a new line. It's either limiting myself to a single line, or using a graphic to display more than one line of text (hello? it's 2015!).

AFAIK, this works on mac. So, please... if it's been reported 4 years ago, and acknowledged, could you make sure it's added to your "queue" of things to improve? Again, I understand it's not a big deal, but... it seems a minor request, and one that -as I said- could in turn improve other areas of the program, as the slideshow module, now enhanced in LR CC. Thanks.
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johnrellis
Legend
Jan 29, 2015 11:21 PM UTC
Thanks much.
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Legend
Jan 29, 2015 9:42 PM UTC
I'll check with the team. It might be logged but just hasn't bubbled up.
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johnrellis
Legend
Jan 29, 2015 9:41 PM UTC


On Windows, you can't create multi-line identity plates in the Slide Show and Print modules. The usual suspects -- Shift-Enter, Ctrl-Enter, Alt-Enter, copy and paste from another program -- don't work.

Since this works on Mac (by typing Alt-Enter), this is clearly a bug. (Tested with LR 5.7.1 / Windows 8.1 / OS X 10.9.5.)

It was reported 4 years ago, but I'm creating a new topic, since the old one apparently has gotten buried and forgotten: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...
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Inspiring
Feb 13, 2013 12:17 AM UTC
Not happy that I can't type a paragraph in the text. Please add a TEXT BOX! In addition to the Identity Plate.
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