Thread text between columns not working

Question

Hi! During a class I was teaching today on InDesign, I went to show how to thread text from one column to another. However when I clicked on the out port, I received the below box instead of the text in the cursor!

I then tried to find via a right click another option to do a thread, but was unsuccessful. I really hope this is a bug! I have not changed my settings, so I have no idea how this happened.

Is there a way to change it back to doing a thread or is there another way to thread text. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Lynn

Mike Witherell · Accepted Answer

Preferences > Advanced Type > Type Contextual Controls > turn off those two unhelpful features!Maybe you can find the outport after that.

Mike Witherell · Answer

These features have been in many versions of InDesign (introduced in late 2016, IIRC).

They are nifty features added as frame adornment icons, but the reality is that I don't need them that often. When I do, I have them bottled up in a paragraph style, or else I reach for the Glyphs panel.

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