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Inspiring
July 6, 2023
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Indesign published online file – I've started to get highlighted text

  • July 6, 2023
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A document I have been working on for several weeks has just started to have what appears to ba a glitch.

On different machines and browsers you can move your mouse around the page and next thing the copy is being highlighted for no reason. It doesn't happen all the time and is random when and where.

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Correct answer Russ W

Adobe (without warning) have added an 'Allow viewers to search and copy text' tickbox when you upload publications. This is ticked by default. I would untick and then your text won't highlight. Seems odd they have this turned ON by default without pushing a warning to users first.

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Russ WCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 6, 2023

Adobe (without warning) have added an 'Allow viewers to search and copy text' tickbox when you upload publications. This is ticked by default. I would untick and then your text won't highlight. Seems odd they have this turned ON by default without pushing a warning to users first.

Iain@BlocAuthor
Inspiring
July 6, 2023

Thanks for that, made the change and will get someone to check it over.

Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 6, 2023

Does this only happen with one file? Perhaps there is some corruption in the upload.

 

What happens if you restore your InDesign preferences and caches and upload it again. Here's how to restore InDesign preferences and caches: 

 

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-rebuilding-preferences-cache/

Iain@BlocAuthor
Inspiring
July 6, 2023

Hi, we've tried clearing cache/preferences, tried another machine to upload and even saved as IDML and re opened with same results.

Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 6, 2023

Is this a publication that could be shared with others for testing?