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InDesign CS5 - Can't Select Text Box...

Explorer ,
Oct 27, 2010 Oct 27, 2010

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Hi,

I'm having a problem with a text box, I can't select it or select the text inside or anything. I don't know what to do. I am able to select anything else I want on the page except for this one text box.

Any ideas?

Monica

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Explorer , Jan 09, 2012 Jan 09, 2012

Hey Steve -

Go to the Object menu and choose "unlock all on spread."  Should do the trick.  That drove me totally crazy, too.  Good luck on your project.

Ken

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New Here ,
Oct 26, 2021 Oct 26, 2021

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I have the same dilemma just a while ago, it wasn't lock or anything. It turns out that I unintentionally put a big text box on top of the text I'm working on lol

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Nov 23, 2021 Nov 23, 2021

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I came here with the same question.  I had added a rectangle for a frame (no fill) and it was sitting in front of my text box, so I couldn't actually highlight any of the text.  Silly mistake, but I had been editing the text fine before that, with that same rectangle there.  I sent the box back a couple of layers and the text was then on top. 

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