How can I turn off the panel that pops up with my cursor in Indesign?

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Hello!Every time I go to make an edit a text box in Indesign a little panel pops up attached to my cursor to give me options like "Caps, superscript, etc". I dont need it and becuase it wont go away I have to input twice to add my text and get it to disappear. I have to keep doing it with every text box.Is there a way of turning off this selection? Thanks

Pariah Burke · Accepted Answer

What you're seeing is alternates for a selected character or glyph contained within the font. In your screenshot, for example, you're seeing alternate As available in that font you're using. If you'd like to turn off the alternates popup, follow these steps:

Open InDesign's Preferences from the InDesign menu on Mac or the bottom of the Edit menu on Windows.
Go to the Advanced Type pane.
Disable the checkbox control beside Show for Character Alternates, Frations, Ordinals and Ligatures.
Also disable the option to Show Adornment on Text Selection/Text Frame for more Type controls (this will hide the last vestige of the popup).
Click OK.
Restart InDesign to commit the change to preferences file saved on your computer.

kglad · Answer

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

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