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Lligat
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August 9, 2021
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I can no longer use my space bar to mark spaces between words

  • August 9, 2021
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Good evening,
I can no longer use my space bar to mark spaces between words when I type. I can manually insert a punctuation space but I can't get a space with the space bar. I must have made a wrong setting, does anyone have any ideas?

Thank You !

Valerie

Correct answer susanr35537211

Hi just to let you know that I went on Adobe tech support and solved it by going into system preferences > Accessability > Keyboard > Navigation and unchecking "Enable Full Keyboard Access". 

 

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elinem37817612
Participant
August 8, 2024

So I had the same problem. Couldn't use the space bar only in one specific document. But I accidentally put a paragraph style on the shortcut space bar😂. I feel like an idiot, but it drove me crazy not figuring out why it didn't work. Also, why can you put a shortcut on a space, that kind of weird, right? Anyway, maybe I'm not the only one and someone googling for a solution finds this.

susanr35537211
susanr35537211Correct answer
Inspiring
August 10, 2022

Hi just to let you know that I went on Adobe tech support and solved it by going into system preferences > Accessability > Keyboard > Navigation and unchecking "Enable Full Keyboard Access". 

 

    Rishabh_Tiwari
    Community Manager
    Rishabh_TiwariCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    August 10, 2022

    Hi @susanr35537211 ,

     

    Thanks for reaching out and sharing the solution, I am sure it will help other community members. 

     

    Regards

    Rishabh

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    Community Expert
    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 10, 2021

    Try reset your preferences

    Quit InDesign, then relaunch the application and immediately hold down the following key combinations for your OS:
    1. Mac OS X: CTL+OPT+CMD+Shift.
    2. Windows: CTL+ALT+Shift.

     

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      kiyokomoda
      Participant
      February 25, 2022

      Relaunching holding down CTL+OPT+CMD+Shift does no solve the space bar problem.

        Lukas Engqvist
        Community Expert
        Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 10, 2021

        If you still have these problems could you also help by giving more information on your operating system, and if you are dunning on a laptop or desktop computer. If you are on the mac then the Keyboard Viewer app can help you see that the Space bar is giving you the correct signal. One more question are you running a western language or some other script system?

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        LligatAuthor
        Participant
        August 10, 2021

        In fact I found a solution which does not explain the problem but which
        allows me to move forward: I created a new file and I moved my 53 pages
        into this new file: the use of the space bar is again possible with the
        same content in this new document! But I do not understand why there was
        this problem...
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          Peter Spier
          Community Expert
          Peter SpierCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          August 10, 2021

          it almost sounds like in that particular file the spacebare key was inadvertently reassigned to some ksyboard shortcut. I think moving the pages out of the problem file was probably the best solution available.

            Bill Silbert
            Community Expert
            Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            August 10, 2021

            In addition to what Steve has said do you by any chance have another keyboard you can plug in to your computer for testing purposes? I had a similar situation once where it turned out that the keyboard itself was the problem.

            Steve Werner
            Community Expert
            Steve WernerCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            August 9, 2021

            Can you give us more information about your system? Please tell us what operating system (exactly) you're running. Please tell us (exactly) what InDesign version you're using.

             

            Does the Space Bar work correctly in a different application (Illustrator? Word?) Does this happen in one particular file in InDesign, or in all files?

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              LligatAuthor
              Participant
              August 10, 2021

              Thank you very much for your input,

              I am working on indesign 15.1.3 ( via creative cloud)
              on a MacBook Pro Laptop (13-inch) / Mac OS Sierra 10.13.6 version;
              connected to a large ASUS display (latest model). The problem with the
              space bar is on a single file and application. When I'm in Word, for
              example, there is no problem, and if I open another file in in design
              either. I have made a copy of the file and the problem persists in the
              copy. My language is French but I have integrated text in English and
              German (I am making a catalogue for an artist). I was working on a text
              with different kerning and I noticed that the "intermot" function of the
              space bar was not working on the whole document. When I type all the
              letters are pasted in and I have to insert a space (between words or after
              punctuation) manually! and in this case of manual insertion, I can put a
              space. I deleted all the paragraph and character styles because when I
              activate the space bar, it does not create a space but had an action on the
              typeface (change of case and style!)
              Thank you !
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