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kosteaz50942064
kosteaz50942064
Participating Frequently
February 6, 2019
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moving between text with arrows

  • February 6, 2019
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Good morning,

It's a problem I had since this summer, but sometimes it works and other not and i can't understand why.

Basicly when I work with text in InDesign, usually I use the keyboard arrows, ctrl+arrows and shortcuts like this to move faster.

The problem is that sometimes ctrl+arrows to "move from word to word" instead of single letter doesn't work

Anyone had the same issue?

thx in advice

Best regards! !

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Correct answer Srishti Bali

Hi Kostea,

Sorry to hear about this issue. We were able to reproduce this issue at our end. Please share your feedback and upvote the issue here: Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Right Arrow / Left Arrow in tables – Adobe InDesign Feedback

This is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.

Regards,

Srishti

4 replies

J
justinc73647835
New Participant
August 5, 2019

Has this still not been resolved??

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Srishti BaliCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
February 6, 2019

Hi Kostea,

Sorry to hear about this issue. We were able to reproduce this issue at our end. Please share your feedback and upvote the issue here: Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Right Arrow / Left Arrow in tables – Adobe InDesign Feedback

This is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.

Regards,

Srishti

John Mensinger
John Mensinger
Community Expert
February 6, 2019

Here, running CC2019 (14.0.1) in Windows 7, Ctrl+[arrow] moves the cursor word-to-word within a table cell, but won't move the cursor (at all) from cell to cell.

Is that different from what you see, and and can you confirm it was ever different in previous versions?

FergyMac
FergyMac
Inspiring
February 6, 2019

Just tested and Cmd+arrow does NOT move from cell to cell in CC2018 but it DOES move word-to-word in a table cell. So this "not moving word-to-word" in a table cell is a new issue with CC2019 as reported Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Right Arrow / Left Arrow in tables – Adobe InDesign Feedback​

Per John Mensinger's post above, I guess this is a Mac only issue?

kosteaz50942064
kosteaz50942064Author
Participating Frequently
February 12, 2019

I had this issue on windows.

Thx all for answering, glad not to be alone here

kosteaz50942064
kosteaz50942064Author
Participating Frequently
February 6, 2019

Just noticed

This happens when i try to use ctrl+arrows in a table! It still works ctrl+shift+arrows to select the entire word, but why can't I move with ctrl+arrows in a table?!

FergyMac
FergyMac
Inspiring
February 6, 2019

I'm having the same issue, also just in tables (since the upgrade to CC2019).

Tagging along so I can be notified if an answer is given.

InDesign 14.0.1

Mac OS 10.14.2

Steve Werner
Steve Werner
Community Expert
February 6, 2019

That doesn't sound new to me. On a Mac, Cmd + Right  Arrow is defined to move word by word to the right:

Had you edited your keyboard shortcuts in a previous version of InDesign?

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