Can't type into header box on parent page

Question

I've been away from ID for a while, now using it again. I used to make running headers by creating a text box on the parent page(s). Now, I try to do that, and when I type into the created header box, i can't see the text. I tried resizing fonts, enlarging the box, etc, and NO TEXT APPEARS AT ALL, like I'm not even typing anything. I tried resizing the main text boxes to be shorter, allowing a space for the header box, to no avail, and I tried to use the running header variable text thing (new to me) but had no luck with that, either.

What am I doing wrong?

Kelli Jae Baeli · Accepted Answer

cool no probSo when you make a new text frame - it's defaulting the text to the Book Title style - which has the keep options set to the Next Odd PageWhich forces it to jump text frames and it has nowhere to go.Change the style to something else or make a new - maybe start over with a new style. Thank you so much for taking the time to look at that and make suggestions.For clarity (in case it helps others), I got it to work by resizing the main text boxes in the parent pages panel, to make room for the header boxes. I clicked inside the header text box, assigned a plain text font (with no options assigned to make it skip[ to another page). Then, i was able to type in the box and get my headers to work.Brilliant of you to provide this information. Thank you again!!

Eugene Tyson · Answer

Can you post a sample document so we can take a look at what is going on?

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