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alexisd15538881
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April 30, 2020
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Punctuation moves to front of text in InDesign 2020

  • April 30, 2020
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I've tried looking at forums for this issue and nothing is helping. I am working on a brochure for my company. I was typing in text boxes, no problem. All of a sudden, I try to create a new text box and it automatically goes to right alignment. I change it. I start typing a sentence, no problem. The second I go to add a period it moves to the front of the line.

 

I even try tricking it by putting a period in between letters and deleting the letter after but then it still moves to the front. I'm not sure what I did that could have messed with the settings because it was going smoothly until now. I've tried so far just duplicating other texts boxes that work but I don't understand why this is happening. I feel like it should be a simple fix but haven't found anything to help.

 

Has anyone else had this issue in InDesign?

 

    Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

    You may have, unintended, changed the Adobe Paragraph Composer to World Ready, set it back to Single line or Normal Paragraph composer.

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    ninaschw
    Known Participant
    December 19, 2023

    I am having the same issue. I uninstalled InDesign and reinstalled it, deleting all my Preferences. Adobe Paragraph Composer is selected, NOt World Ready, and it's STILL putting punctuation to the left.

     

    Willi Adelberger
    Community Expert
    Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 19, 2023

    The paragraph compser is not part of the settings, it is selected in the paragraph style or definition in the justification/fine tuning section. 

    Frans v.d. Geest
    Community Expert
    Frans v.d. GeestCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    April 30, 2020

    You may have, unintended, changed the Adobe Paragraph Composer to World Ready, set it back to Single line or Normal Paragraph composer.

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      annagyorffy
      Participant
      January 31, 2022

      and where do I find that???

       

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      yes-fresh-orange-juice
      Participant
      February 22, 2022

      Hi annagyorffy,

      You can click on the 4-line icon (Options) in the corner of the 'Paragraph' window.

      You'll then see a few options, among them is Adobe Single-line Composer.

      Hope this helps.

       

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