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Jarred Cornette
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February 11, 2018
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Blue Highlights that are not style overrides!? Cannot figure this out.

  • February 11, 2018
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So I believe I accidentally hit some key or shortcut and now a seemingly random selection of my document is highlighted in light cyan blue.  It is not local style overrides, as I have already tried that.  When I create new text there is no blue, even with a style applied.  Furthermore, if I clear the style on a highlighted selection, it becomes unhighlighted, but if i reapply a style it goes blue again.  Everything is fine in preview mode, but i can't productively work in only preview mode.  Thanks. Not sure what view or text option is running here.  Thanks

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    Correct answer Dave Creamer of IDEAS

    Could you have the Custom Tracking/Kerning preference turned on:

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    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 11, 2018

    If it’s not the Styles over-ride indicator (which would disappear if you changed to Preview mode), it might be you inadvertently applied some Paragraph Shading:  InDesign Paragraph Shading

    If not, try resetting your InDesign preferences.

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
    Community Expert
    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 12, 2018

    Could you have the Custom Tracking/Kerning preference turned on:

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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      lauries66233335
      Participant
      March 1, 2018

      Thank you IDEAS-Training! I had this same problem. It was the custom tracking highlight. Maybe Jarred Cornette had the same problem?

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      Ian Blogs
      Inspiring
      February 11, 2018

      Is it this that is explained in Indesign secrets?

      https://indesignsecrets.com/why-is-my-indesign-text-highlighted-in-blue.php

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      Jarred CornetteAuthor
      Participant
      February 11, 2018

      Unfortunately no.  I have already troubleshot that isuse.

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      This is what I'm looking at.  The color is also more mellow than the override alert which leads me to believe it is definitely something else.

      Steve Werner
      Community Expert
      Steve WernerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 11, 2018

      Could you post the file (or part of it) so we could try to figure it out?

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