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Common problems when editing text

Common problems when editing text - InDesign Tutorial

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Common problems when editing text

- [Voiceover] Here are some common problems you may encounter when editing text and their solutions. Firstly, not being able to select a text frame. I'm trying to select this text frame, and I can't. That may be because it's on a locked layer. If I come to my Layers panel, we see there's a lock next to the text layer. Unlock it, and I can now get to the text. But items can also be locked individually. And that's the case with the text frame at the bottom. If I zoom into that, cmd + spacebar, click and drag, we see there's a lock icon at the top left of the frame. And I can either unlock these items individually by clicking on the top of the lock icon, or, I can come to the Object menu and choose Unlock All on Spread. I'll now zoom out to my fit in window view. cmd + opt + 0, or ctrl + alt + 0 Another reason you might not be able to select text content is because it's on a master page. And that's the case with the page number. Let's say I wanted to delete the page number on this…

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