'A' text key is not working

[davem71604536]

I am working in InDesign 23 on a MacBook Pro and have had no problems at all before. However, overnight the 'a' key on my keyboard has stopped responding as a text key. It has now become a shortcut key which transforms the paragraph into a Basic Paragraph.

[jmlevy · Accepted solution]

So, it seems that a "a" shortcut has been assigned to the "basics" paragraph style. Check the paragraph style options.

[Barb Binder · Accepted solution]

I'm with @jmlevy. I can assign a capital A to Basic Paragraph and even when typing, it assigns the style and does not add the letter.

You can double click the style name and remove the shortcut in General, if it fact that's what it is. Let us know!

~Barb

[davem71604536]

Many thanks you gave me the correct clue. There was no shortcut showing but when I hit reset to base suddenly I could type all the letters of the alphabet again.

Previously, I'd managed to avoid the problem by opening a new file and copying all the pages from the one that wasn't working. That worked too, but I was still left wondering why the original file wasn't working. 

I probably shouldn't ask this, but what on earth might have made this happen in the first place?

[Barb Binder]

That's what I'm wondering, too, Dave. You are maybe the third person here to report this as an issue this year, but I assumed the others set the shortcut and didn't consider the ramifications. Most of us don't use Basic Paragraph so wouldn't set a shortcut. Plus, the shortcut is always listed next to the name. I hate to claim it's a bug because so many so-called bugs are actually user errors, but this one seems very suspicious. 

@jmlevy, any ideas on how this could happen?

Barb