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StuartsIdeas
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April 29, 2020
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Selected text does not highlight?

  • April 29, 2020
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Hi there, 

I can tell the text is selected when I double-click text inside a text frame, because when I trial deleting it disappears. However, the usual blue highlight of the selcetion does not show up (as it does in previous versions of InDesign, every other Adobe program and InDesign's story editor), which makes things difficult! How can I get those highlights to show? I'm working in the latest version (CC Indesign 15.0.2). 

Correct answer sarah_5290

Un-hiding a hidden spread allowed me to get text boxes to highlight correctly.
I also noticed the hidden spread was goofing up copy/pasting elements.


Un hide a hidden spread is what fixed it for me as well. Previously mentioned fixes did not work.

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luke casey28787798q1q9
New Participant
October 31, 2024

This thing still happens - it's a bug. 

You can get rid of the bug by using the search find tool to search for some text within your document - as that auto highlights the text whenever it finds something - it will highlight and then you can highlight as normal. 

Sorry if this thread is old, it just happened to me and I figured out how to get it back. 

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    defaultf542tu8qhzpr
    New Participant
    January 9, 2025

    The Find + Replace is not a fix.
    Another work around is to reuse text boxes that do allow highlighting, and copy/paste new text into those.

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    defaultf542tu8qhzpr
    New Participant
    January 9, 2025

    Nevermind. That doesn't work either. Something with the zoom level maybe? Ugh.

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    Laubender
    Community Expert
    May 4, 2020

    Hi Stuart,

    don't know what your exact issue is, but you could also try the Story Editor Window:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/editing-text.html#use_the_story_editor

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    StuartsIdeasAuthor
    New Participant
    May 4, 2020

    Thanks Uwe, 
    Yes, this is how I've been surviving. Its still an awkward work-around, so I'd prefer an actual solution. 

    Barb Binder
    Barb Binder
    Community Expert
    April 29, 2020

    If you think this is an InDesign issue, try rebuilding preferences:

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

     

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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      StuartsIdeasAuthor
      New Participant
      April 29, 2020

      Thanks Barb. I've already tried this. It's not the issue. Since inquing above, I have found that some text frames in the document select text as one might expect, while others still do not. Those that do are typically newly created ones, or ones copy and pasted onto different pages. So, still wanting to know what the issue is. 

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