Indesign lowercase "n" not typing

Hi @emmwike ,

is the issue resolved for you now?

And if, what did you do?

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

This is such a bizarre issue. I can't add a lowercase n as a shortcut, but I can add a capital N (Shift+N).

The shortcut will be listed next the the style it assigns. Right click the style > Edit [Style Name Here] > General, then remove whatever is inside the Shortcut text frame. 

Sh + a lettter really should not be a option for a style shortcut. 

~Barb

Hi,

I am wondering if you managed to fix the problem, I am having the same issue. It seems to default to a shortcut when I type 'n' and changes the paragrap style to basic paragraph. 

I just had a similar issue (although it was happening both with lowercase and capitalized n), and I found that the issue was fixed if I switched back to Character Style 1, which I hadn't modified. Try deleting any character styles you might have modified and see if that does it.

Try inserting the letter you are having prolems with from the glyphs panel, this should let you know if it is a font or formating (GREP style) issue. (Try also changing font, and use the story editor to make sure that the letter is registered).  If you an insert letters via the glyphs check your hardware.

Most operating systems have a keyboard viewer where you can check that the keyboard responds as it should, also you can try using a different/external keyboard. Note that there are ways to switch layouts to another language layout via the 

Resetting shortcuts so that you invertently have not set a particular key to a shortcut/function is also an issue. Note that there can be shortcuts/macros set at operating system level… sometimes for all applications sometimes application specific. Hope this gives you new places to check, and hopefully isolate, and resolve the issue.

Hi Guys,

we have the same issue with SHIFT+S. Were you able to fix this somehow?

Hi @emmwike:

When is the last time you restarted the computer?

~Barb

"Also, this is only happening with this file. "

Perhaps there is a GREP Style applied to the paragraph style that makes the "n" invisible by changing the width of the character using a character style automatically?

Select the text frame where you typed that "n" and use the keyboard shortcut Cmd + y or Ctrl + y (on Windows) to see the text in the Story Editor frame. Is the "n" missing?

Just a thought…

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

when I type an "n" everything kind of twitches

Can you be more specific? Or post a screenshot?

Also, this is only happening with this file. I am able to copy/paste okay too but can't type it.