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BebiVerso
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June 17, 2020
Question

Text doesnt show in text box after pasting it

  • June 17, 2020
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Sometimes if I paste a text into a text box, it doesn't show up. Actually it does, after I increase the width of the box...InDesign doesn't break its lines and the text is in one line. I have to break the lines manually. 

 

How can I solve this? It occurs once in a while. 

(another thing is that I use ctrl+shift+v for pasting to adapt the text to the style I am pasting into.)

 

Thanks.

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James5EB3
Participating Frequently
August 29, 2023

I just had this issue – took me ages to realize that I had a "no-break" character style somewhere in the text box that was getting applied to my pasted text. All I had to do was select the text, right click my desired paragraph style > apply style and clear ovverrides. Hope this helps.

Sheena Kaul
Community Manager
Sheena KaulCommunity Manager
Community Manager
June 26, 2020

Hi there,

 

I am hoping that your issue has been resolved till now. If not, please feel free to update this thread else let us know if any of the suggestions shared above helped you or not.

 

Regards,

Sheena

vladan saveljic
vladan saveljic
Inspiring
June 18, 2020

Can you share your file with us?

If we can see your file we can help you better and faster

    vladan saveljic
    vladan saveljic
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2020

    character option "no break" is here:

    jmlevy
    jmlevy
    Community Expert
    June 18, 2020

    Did you check if the text frame in which you try to paste your text has a “no break” attribute?

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      BebiVersoAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      June 18, 2020

      just checked but couldn't find an option like that 😕😕

      jmlevy
      jmlevy
      Community Expert
      June 18, 2020

      In the Character panel, dropdown the option menu

      Note that the alt i shortcut is a custom one. It is not a default one.

      vladan saveljic
      vladan saveljic
      Inspiring
      June 18, 2020

      this problem occurs only when you paste with "ctrl + shift + v"?

      if yes, chek if the paragraph style where you want to paste the text has hyphenation turn off.

      Also you should chek "keep options" in the paragraph where you paste your text with "ctrl + shift + v"

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        BebiVersoAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        June 18, 2020

        Hyphenation is turned off. Where is that "keep options" option? 🙂

         

          vladan saveljic
          vladan saveljic
          Inspiring
          June 18, 2020

          try to turn on hyphenation.

          and the paragraph "keep options" you can find here:

           

          or here:

          JonathanArias
          JonathanArias
          Brainiac
          June 17, 2020

          can you change your view and show us a new screeshot? thats really not a good view for you to know what is going on with your text formatting. change it from preview to normal, and make sure hidden characters are been shown. 

          thanks

          jonathan

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          BebiVersoAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          June 17, 2020

          is this good?

           

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          BebiVersoAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          June 18, 2020

          Do you have a paragraph style? What's in your styles?


          that text has a style, but when I change it to "normal" nothing changes. When I simply paste the text with ctrl+v it works, but when I try to adapt it to the text's attributes with ctrl+shift+v it just doesn't break its lines

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