"Undo Set Scripting Tag" issue

[edie_adams]

Hello!

This is something that doesn't happen often, but often enough that it's really starting to bother me. It always starts when I copy text from a different source (such as a PDF, a word document, email, etc.) and paste it into InDesign, usually to replace other text. I then decide that I didn't want to do that and hit CTRL+Z to undo, but InDesign doesn't do anything. If I go up and click the Edit Menu I see "Undo Set Scripting Tag" associated with CTRL+Z. No matter how many times I hit CTRL+Z it won't undo my pasting of text, so I sometimes lose work because I have to close the document without saving to revert to before I made the change.

I don't even know what a scripting tag is, never use them, or know how to work with them. Why does CTRL+Z get stuck on Undo Set Scripting Tag? Is there any way to bypass that and make CTRL+Z actually do what I want it to do (undo my last action)? How do I avoid accidentally setting a scripting tag?

This has happened on multiple versions of Windows and computer types. Thanks for any help you can provide!

[Stefan Rakete]

Hi edie,

there is a scripting tag palette under Window > Script Label

Select some of the pageItems in the document.

Maybe this helps to find out what script or plugin is setting the scripting tag.

Thanks Stefan

[vinny38]

Have you checked your keyboard shortcuts?

It would be strange that Ctrl-Z have been reassigned but it's worth having a look...

[Srishti Bali]

Hi Edie,

We are sorry for this frustrating experience. Please try resetting preferences for InDesign: Set preferences in Adobe InDesign

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Srishti