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Keyboard shortcut to move text to a new column in InDesign????

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April 22, 2014
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I can do para return, shift par return but not move copy to new column. It'a driving me potty. Don't want text boxes full of returns, Do I need to make 3 text boxes for 3 columns rather than using a shortcut in one box????

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The number pad Enter key inserts a column/frame break. If you don't have a num-pad Enter key, choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts > Type Menu > Insert Break Character: Column Break and assign a key combination...

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Ahmed Ateek

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Shift + Enter

iD2comm

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Kinda late to the party, but if you work on a short keyboard, column break is fn + return, frame break is fn + shift + return.

Robert at ID-Tasker

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Kinda late to the party, but if you work on a short keyboard, column break is fn + return, frame break is fn + shift + return.

By @iD2comm

Unfortunately, not on a Dell laptop - Inspiron 7559 - or because I have a "full" keyboard?

Vizzie

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Running CS6 and to my great frustration, I could not assign a shortcut key combination. I followed instrux up til the assign & then nothing I came up with would satisfy.

The Column Break window even gave "Delete" as the default...

I tried a variety of options, but NOTHING jumped the type to the next column. Any guesses, or suggestions for a key combination????

John Mensinger

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flushleft wrote
The Column Break window even gave "Delete" as the default...

Sounds like corrupt preferences. Reset: Troubleshooting 101: Replace, or "trash" your InDesign preferences then try again.

I hesitate to suggest a key combination, having no idea what program defaults you might or might not consider expendable. I tend to explore the Function keys (e.g., F8) with modifiers, perhaps just because I find them easy to remember.

Vizzie

Inspiring

Will try~~- but exactly what kind of modifiers with the F keys~~I don't

really use these much anyway, so no problem there. Are modifiers letters?

Opt/Control/Shift etc?

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teresae28045038

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Right on!

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teresae28045038

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I spoke too soon! The text I did have in the 2nd column disappeared after hitting the #pad enter key while in column 1. Where did it go?

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

It is overset. Look at Edit > Edit in Story Editor. Also, you will see a red plus sign in the outport of the textframe (the lower-right corner)

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ClaytonKing

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I hate to be daft, but if I have a frame that is 2 columns and I press the Num Enter key, it breaks to a new page, not to the other column. What am I missing?

John Mensinger

Community Expert

What am I missing?

Well, you may be missing something, but it's hard to tell from here.

If you're not, then it's a malfunction, the kind that often clears up with a reset of preferences.

Troubleshooting 101: Replace, or "trash" your InDesign preferences

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Donovan Andrews

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Glory and praise to the design gods! THANK YOU FOR THIS ANSWER! Was driving me "potty" as well since I don't have a full keyboard.

John Mensinger

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The number pad Enter key inserts a column/frame break. If you don't have a num-pad Enter key, choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts > Type Menu > Insert Break Character: Column Break and assign a key combination...

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SoreBearAuthor

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Fantastic - thanks a million.

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