Invisible objects and options for textboxes

Question

Two questions1: Why is this blue square invisible? Both text and square are on the same layer. 2: How can I change the settings so that the text dosn't move?

Geоrge · Accepted Answer

>> How can I change the settings so that the text dosn't move?

Format paragraphs in Adobe InDesign

Choose Keep Options in the Paragraph panel menu. (You can also change keep options when creating or editing a paragraph style.)
Select any of these options and then click OK:
- Select Keep With Previous to keep the first line of the current paragraph with the last line of the previous paragraph.
- For Keep With Next _ Lines, specify the number of lines (up to five) of the subsequent paragraph that the last line of the current paragraph stays with. This option is especially useful for making sure that a heading stays with the next few lines of the paragraph that follows it.
- Select the Keep Lines Together option and select All Lines In Paragraph to prevent the paragraph from breaking.
- Select the Keep Lines Together option, select At Start/End Of Paragraph, and specify the number of lines that must appear at the beginning or ending of the paragraph to prevent orphans and widows.
- For Start Paragraph, choose an option to force InDesign to push the paragraph to the next column, frame, or page. If Anywhere is selected, the start position is determined by the Keep Line Settings option. For other options, they will be forced to start from these positions.

Barb Binder · Answer

As a default, frame edges appear in blue (though they can be any color, because they are tied to the defined layer color).

It looks like you are in Preview mode in the first screen shot, with your cursor hovering over a text frame. Preview mode hides all non-printing visual aids like margins, columns, guides and frame edges, but frame edges will appear if your mouse passes over them. To show all visual aids:

You can also control the visibility of frame edges in Normal mode via View > Extras > Show/Hide Frame Edges.

In your second screen shot, I'm guessing you have Keep with next 1 lines activated—which tells InDesign to keep the final line of the last paragraph with the 1 line of the next paragraph.

To deactivate it, select the text (that paragraph or perhaps the entire story) and choose Window > Type & Tables > Paragraph. Select Keep Options from the Paragraph panel menu, and change Keep with Next to 0 lines.

~Barb

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