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Cheddarman1
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August 28, 2012
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My numbers and punctuation glitching on Photoshop. Help? [2012] [CS6]

  • August 28, 2012
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When typing numbers or punctuation on Photoshop CS6, they always glitch and go back to the beginning of the sentence and can't be made to go after the letters. I can't think of anything that's wrong. Please help!

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in photoshop are your type options under Preferences>Type set to Middle Eastern or East Asian?

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tyeclarke
Participant
August 13, 2020

This is what fixed it for me.

 

KostasHarv
KostasHarv
Known Participant
June 4, 2016

CS6 here, and none of the above solutions is working. And my paragraph panel is like this:

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junicorn
Participant
July 7, 2015

If the language trick doesn't work, go to your PARAGRAPH>RESET PARAGRAPH

It did the trick for me!

    schroef
    schroef
    Inspiring
    April 22, 2016

    The problem is old documents cant seem to be changed, even with middle eastern time select. When a older document is opened its set to default and middle eastern is grayed out under the type enu

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    sdesign47
    Participant
    March 20, 2015

    So I found solution by myself ...

    Adobe CS6 x64:

    1. [top menu] Edit / Preferences / Type... / select Middle Eastern

    2. restart Photosop CS6 x64

    3. [top menu] Type / Language Options / select Middle Eastern Features

    4. [top menu] Window / Paragraph / select as it is on picture below...

    That's All!!

      schroef
      schroef
      Inspiring
      April 22, 2016

      But its impossible to update older documents, the middle eastern is grayed out. Dragging items to a new document comes with a other problem, i cant export my composition presets now    

      nikitaamarie
      nikitaamarie
      Participant
      July 19, 2014

      This worked for me. This is what I did..

      Type>Language Options> Set to Middle Eastern Features> Click Left-to-right Character Direction.

      And in order to enable the "Left-to-right character direction" tab, you actually HAVE to set your language option to Middle Eastern.

      Good Luck. This has bothered me for months! smh.

        713slidewayz
        713slidewayz
        Participant
        August 9, 2014

        I must be retarded.

        Language option where?

        Carl4310343481
        Carl4310343481
        Participant
        May 6, 2014

        This is the only solution that would fix it for me:

        http://thedigitalhippies.com/digital/photoshop-cs6-text-glitching-fixing-the-text-corruption-problem/

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          Anonymous
          May 14, 2014

          Carl4's link did the trick. Nothing else in this thread worked. Thanks Carl!

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            kathrynm17082359
            Participant
            September 8, 2015

            Yes! Carl's explanation worked!  TY so much.  How awful of Adobe to release it this way --even on the latest upgrade it isn't fixed.  Ridiculous.

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              oö92_2
              Participant
              April 1, 2014

              I've got the solution:

              - Type > Panels > Paragraph Styles Panel.
              - Create new (Create new paragraph style), the button left to the delete option.

              - Double click on the new "Paragraph Style +1"
              - Make the changes you want and save

              - Use the new paragraph style ("Basic Paragraph" is the one making problem)

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                Clinton_A__Clarke
                Participant
                February 20, 2016

                This actually worked for me. I dont know why adobe doesnt let you delete the Basic style. Dumb

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                torenchuk
                Participant
                June 16, 2013

                Highlight your text and select 'Paragraph'.

                Select the icon in the very top right corner so a menu pops open.

                Select:

                Adobe Single-line Composer

                and

                Right-to-Left Paragraph Direction

                That should do it!

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                  Jump Start Agency Group
                  Participant
                  July 10, 2013

                  My photoshop, also cloud just started this today and NOTHING seems to work. I just tried this trick...still doing it.

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                  Tom_Lippitsch
                  Participant
                  May 15, 2013

                  I still have the problem that all punctuation is appearing on the left side of my text. What makes most of my documents useless.

                  Recreating them from scratch is NOT an option due to high complexity.

                  I am Cloud member and Photoshop is up to date.

                  What is the solution to fix that problem now?

                  • I tried switching between Middle Eastern and East Asian text engines.
                  • I tried to delete styles, resetting paragraphs, etc
                  • I deleted Photoshop preferences

                  Nothing helped yet.

                  Punctuation always appears on the left side instead after text.

                  What's also strange is that after deleting the preferences, creating a new document and writing text - the text is by default aligned right instead left.

                  Does that mean my documents, which I have built up over years/months, are irreversibly skrewed?

                  c.pfaffenbichler
                  Community Expert
                  c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  August 28, 2012

                  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/419981?tstart=0

                  Please explain in more detail.

                  Boilerplate-text:

                  Are Photoshop and OS fully updated and have you performed the usual trouble-shooting routines (trashing prefs by keeping command-alt-shift/ctrl-alt-shift pressed while starting Photoshop after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved and making a note of the Preferences you’ve changed, 3rd party plug-ins deactivation, system maintenance, cleaning caches, font validation, etc.)?

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                  Cheddarman1Author
                  Participating Frequently
                  August 28, 2012

                  Right. If I was trying to write "The year 1995", when typing the first number, it would automatically go to the front of the text and look like "1995 The year". The same rules apply for any punctuation I use at the end of sentences.

                  Also, if I was trying to highlight all of the text, what would be highlighted would either be "1995", "The year" or the space inbetween "1995" and "The". It isn't possible to highlight every word in the text. Another thing is that the blinking line where the text should type is always at the beginning of the text unless I hold the right arrow key.

                  Please ask any questions.

                  c.pfaffenbichler
                  Community Expert
                  c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  August 28, 2012

                  That happens when using the Type Tool to create Point Type and Paragraph Type both?

                  Have you trashed the prefs yet?

                  You could also try checking out:

                  http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-fonts-photoshop-cs5.html

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