Editing a table with indesign

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August 5, 2022
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Hi, I am trying to edit a column in a table (please see attached). I am using the type tool, but I am not able to access the part #'s to edit them. Does anybody have an idea what I am doing incorrectly?

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Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

If you can not select anything at all in the cell, then maybe it is indeed on a locked layer (or someone has applied a big amount of baseline shift maybe)...

Or, thinking of 'the cursor is stuck in the corner', there is another (empty) text frame covering the table: try this,using the Selection tool (black arrow) on Mac hold the Command key, on Windows control, and try clicking untill you are in the table (assuming the table is not on a Parent page of course).

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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If you are referring to the highlighted "#" symbols, it looks the End of Flow symbol. If you turn off Type>Hide Hidden Characters, they will go away.

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janp76986196Author

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Thanks...one more thing. Why would the cursor be stuck in the upper left hand corner of the table? The Type tool is selected but I am not able to highlight individual text.

Frans v.d. Geest

Community Expert

If you can not select anything at all in the cell, then maybe it is indeed on a locked layer (or someone has applied a big amount of baseline shift maybe)...

Frans v.d. Geest

Community Expert

Those are 'hidden characters', like in Word. This one means 'end of all text'. You can not select that one. Turn off hidden characters (the last option in the Text menu) and you will not see them anymore 😉