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annek7461579
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November 30, 2018
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Indesign Eyedropper tool picks up color not text

  • November 30, 2018
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I am using the new indesign CC 2019 on a PC. When I go to change text formatting by using the eyedropper tool, it changes the color of the text and not the format. There is no "T" next to the eyedropper tool which I thought was weird because there was a minute or so before. Also, I am highlighting the text first, then clicking the eyedropper tool, then clicking the text formatting that I want to copy. I made sure the text was highlighted and not the boxes. Is this a 2019 bug or is there some way to fix? Never had an issue on 2018. THank you!

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Correct answer Laubender

Thanks


Hm. Don't think that the document is corrupt.

I now assume that the transparent object is on its own layer and when the master is applied it will obsucre everything on the document page. The eyedropper tool cannot drill through that object from the master and in effect is showing the properties of the transparent object.

Switch off visibility of the layer the transparent object is in.

You should be able to pick up the right properties from now on.

Regards,
Uwe

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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December 1, 2018

Hi annek7461579 ,

can you explain a bit more in depth what you are trying to do?

The Eyedropper tool can be configured in various ways. Just double-click the tool to see what exactly will be picked up.

Maybe some properties are ticked off?

From my German InDesign CC 2019 on Windows 10 where the Eyedropper tool ( German: Pipette ) is working as expected:

Regards,
Uwe

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annek7461579Author
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December 3, 2018

I checked and all the boxes are checked. So if i were trying to change the pink text when I would select the other text and then click the pink text, it would change the text to white so it disappears. I opened a new document and started over and it fixed it but I don't want to rely on that every time this happens.

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    December 3, 2018

    Hi annek7461579 ,

    can you make the document where you see the issue available by Dropbox or a similar service and post the link here?
    If there is confidential information remove it. Just one page needed for testing.

    Thanks,
    Uwe

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