Short cut text alignment help please!

Question

"Command | " used to be an automated short cut for aligning (indenting) text to the same position as the line above after using a bullet point. But it no longer works for me which does my head in! Can anyone help or maybe I'm loosing my mind as its one of those short cuts I used to do without thinking so maybe I'm not doing it right!

Thanks,

Mark

Barb Binder · Accepted Answer

Hi Mark:

Is it 1Password? It uses that shortcut to fill in content and I just tested it on my Mac and it opened 1Password when I typed Cmd+\. I've never encountered this because I have never used Indent to Here in my life. As an instructor, I need to know all the commands and how they work, but on the layout side of my job, I use hanging indents and paragraph styles. It's a more efficient workflow (and @Willi Adelberger's suggestion).

So whether it is or isn't 1Password, some application is hijacking that command. You will either need to need to change the shortcut for the app, or change the shortcut in InDesign. InDesign will warn you if you attempt to change a command that's already been assigned.

~Barb

Willi Adelberger · Answer

I recommend to use Paragraph Styles instead. In my opinion it is more professional and causes less problems later.

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