ALT Drag for Duplicate not working in CC

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June 20, 2013
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I use the alt (option) drag to duplicate items all the time. I just made the switch over to InDesign CC from CS6, and now it doesn't work. The odd thing though is when I hold down alt and hover over an object, my cursor does change to the double arrow, as if the duplicate function is going to work. But when I go to drag (obv. while holding down on alt), and let go, the object simply moves with no duplication occurring.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Correct answer Jimbo8364

I found if I went to Preferences > Interface > Options and changed Live Screen Drawing to "Immediate" it solved my problem.

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Katrien Bijnens

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I'm facing the same problem. How did you fix this?
I can't work in Indesign if the alt-drag doesn't work...
Thanks very much in advance!

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klaus.ergert

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I had the same problem with Indesign CC for Mac.

Found out that Real Time Thread Shield of my AV (Webroot) caused this behavior.

Posted it on Webroot forums too:

https://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-SecureAnywhere-Complete/Webroot-supressing-alt-modifier-in-Indesign-CC/td-p/54952#.UhtWnWQ-KLw

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davidb21810878

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Thank you soooooo much for the disabling webroot suggestion!! This resolved a host of behavior issues including the duplicate object behavior mention above!!! ie.. handtool (space bar) magnifying- (opt, command, space)