space between words INDESIGN

[Rosita Boeding]

It's not possible to automatically add spaces between words by pressing the space bar.

The words appear without spaces:

When I press the space bar, this appears:

Do you want to save the changes indesign document adobe before closing?

In other programs (PS, AI), the space bar works fine.

How can I fix this?

Rosita Boeding

rosit@zeelandnet.nl

[Willi Adelberger]

Does the space not work at all? I would look into your system. 
is it a problem in a specific document? Look into paragraph settings > Paragraph Fine Tuning or Justify and work on the word space settings. 

[BobLevine]

If there's supposed to be a screenshot you forgot it.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Did you try resetting your preferences? 

[Peter Spier]

I'd take a look at the keyboard shortcut set in use as well. Sounds like the space bar might be re-mapped.

[BobLevine]

Interesting theory. 

[Peter Spier]

Well, seems unlikely the keyboard is defective or there's a system problem if the spacebar works in other applications.

[BobLevine]

It's certainly worth checking, but I'd love to know how it could have happened. If the spacebar was remapped I would think that it would do something, but I've seen crazier things.

[Peter Spier]

I'm thinking it's at least as likely to be a prefs issue.

[BobLevine]

Well, we're going to have to wait for the OP to come back here.

[Rosita Boeding · Accepted solution]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your support.

The problem has now been resolved.

In system settings (Mac),
I had to disable enhanced keyboard functions;
the same for mouse keys.

Rosita