Cursor always jumps to the left (Hebrew language by default?)

[peterb50783964]

After years of ignoring and working around this issue, my frustration has reached its peak. 

It is virtually impossible to write for example "40+ cars" in a text box as the cursor will always jump to the start of the line, making it "cars 40+". This happens only when you type numbers and want to follow them by words. I don't have the "Right to left" setting in my Preferences. Changing language in the paragraph pane also doesn't help. For some reason Hebrew remains the default language setting. Please help.

[Anshul_Saini]

Hi there,

Sorry to hear about the trouble you are facing. I would request you to share a few more details like:

• OS and version of InDesign
• Could you please share the sample document with us? You can upload it to the Creative Cloud (https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/share.html) and share the download link.
• A small video demonstrating the issue would be really helpful.
• Since how long are you facing the issue?
• Does resetting InDesign Preferences (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/indesign-preferences-support-file-locations.html) help to resolve the issue?
  Disclaimer: Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings, and InDesign will launch with default settings. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the article.

We are here to help. We just need more information.

Thanks & Regards,

Anshul Saini

[peterb50783964]

Dear Anshul,

Win 10 Pro 19043.1288.

InDesign ver. 17.0 x64.

Here is the document in question https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/8b0fdb5c-48ed-488d-58a2-6d5f51fa50ca

Here is the recording https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/d06d89af-96ee-40ef-6c37-600dca99f9d4

I am not able to reset InDesign Preferences, holding Shift+Ctrl+Alt on start doesn't do anything.

Kind regards,

Maciej

[Anshul_Saini]

Thanks for sharing the files. I was unable to replicate the issue in a new document. It seems either the problem lies with the font used, document, character style/paragraph style used, or InDesign preferences.

First, I would suggest you create a new document, make a text frame, use Adobe Hebrew font, don't apply any paragraph/ character style on it, and see if you can replicate the issue in that.

If still there is an issue, then close all Adobe applications and manually reset InDesign preferences by renaming the folders from the following locations:
C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe
C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Adobe
Rename Adobe InDesign & com.adobe.InDesign to Adobe InDesign.old & com.adobe.InDesign.old respecively.
Launch InDesign from the Creative Cloud Desktop app and check if that resolves the issue.

Regards,

Anshul Saini

[peterb50783964]

Hello,

So far I wasn't able to replicate it in a new document.

I haven't tested it with Adobe Hebrew (which I don't see among my installed fonts) but with some other fonts including the one used in the original document.

Thank you, you can close it for now.