Cant select text in Indesign CC 2017

[Minnepolitan]

If I attempt to select text in the new Indesign, the program freezes. I've restarted 5x now. How can I enable the updated INDD to select text without freezing?

[Jon Fritz]

Moved out of the Forum Lounge (no technical support is available there) and to the InDesign forum.

[Peter Spier]

Try trashing the prefs. See Troubleshooting 101: Replace, or "trash" your preferences

[vineet Chauhan · Accepted solution]

Hi Amy,

Could you please check the same workflow after unchecked the type Contextual control preference?

Navigate to Preference -> Advance Type -> Type Contextual controls and unchecked it.

Also please email me the document at vinchauh@adobe.com. It will help us in finding the root cause for the issue.

Regards,

Vineet

[bilglas]

Hi Vineet (and Amy).

I had the exact same problem. Turning off Contextual Controls DID make the problem go away. Then I re-checked the Contextual boxes, and the problem returned, so it's definitely the cause ... or related to it.

[Roy - GCG]

Hi Vineet,

Problem resolved by disabling Type Contextual Controls (both checkboxes), which is great, but no longer have the CC2017.0 feature I most looked forward to. Look forward to a fix in future update.

[Monica Singh]

Hi All,

A solution for this issue is provided at Troubleshoot text selection issues. Please try the steps mentioned in the link.

Note: You need not to turn off the preferences now with this solution, and should be able to work fine.

Please share your feedback.

Thanks,

Monica Singh

InDesign Team