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Summayah5FC7
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December 22, 2020
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(C) automatically becomes copyright symbol

  • December 22, 2020
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The (c) in a numbered list automatically becomes a copyright symbol.

The font i am using is albertan pro.

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Correct answer Mike Witherell

What happens if you turn off ligatures within that style? I just tested it, and that is definitely the behavior of the ligature (conjoined characters) switch. Ligatures ON makes the copyright symbol; off returns it to the three characters (c).

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default9xiwufuuos9q
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December 15, 2022

I tried that . It does not work for me.

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jasona55197067
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February 9, 2023

Same here, turning off Ligatures does not work.

Mike Witherell
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Mike WitherellCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 23, 2020

What happens if you turn off ligatures within that style? I just tested it, and that is definitely the behavior of the ligature (conjoined characters) switch. Ligatures ON makes the copyright symbol; off returns it to the three characters (c).

Mike Witherell
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    Summayah5FC7Author
    Inspiring
    December 23, 2020

    Yes that worked.

     

    Thank you for your help.

     

    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    December 23, 2020

    Hi @Summayah5FC7:

     

    Actually, I'm not so sure it in in the InDesign Preferences > Autocorrect table. You can't add parentheses to the table in InDesign.

     

    Are you on a Mac? Check Apple menu > System Prefs > Keyboard > Text. Is it in that list?

     

    Windows 10 has a similar feature, see https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/enable-autocorrect-everywhere-windows/#:~:text=To%20enable%20it%2C%20open%20Settings,text%20anywhere%20on%20the%20system.

     

    And when you have some time, check out this post, which explains how to create automatic nested lists, which will both address this issue and give you hours back in your day-to-day work: https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-basic-nested-lists/.

     

    ~Barb 

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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    Summayah5FC7Author
    Inspiring
    December 23, 2020

    Thank you for your reply.

     

    I am on a mac but it isn't in the list.

     

    I am using nested lists. All level 1, 2 and 3 lists have the same indentation as it is intentional.

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    SJRiegel
    Legend
    December 22, 2020

    Look at your InDesign Autocorrect preferences, something could be set there to make it change. 

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      tacoeater
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      December 22, 2020

      This is definitely a custom auto correct issue.

      Easy solution for this is select that part of the text and assign it a new dictionary. Ie if its English: USA try pointing it to English: UK just for (c).

      This should work because custom auto corrects are only based on the dictionary its created for.

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      tacoeater
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      December 22, 2020

      Also forgot to add. All of this could be avoided with using Bullets and numbering.

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