Frequently I use the Place command (don’t we all?) and often use it to insert text or graphics inline (ie., with the Text Tool cursor positioned somewhere in a block of text). I have done this for years without ever striking this problem.
Now, however, although I have the Text Tool selected and have positioned my cursor at the point where I want the Placed material to go, once I select the file I want, suddenly my selected tool is no longer selected and my cursor has changed to a loaded cursor. All I can do is drop the intended text or graphic into a new text or graphic frame, then select it from within that new frame, cut it and, having again placed a text cursor into the “right” frame at the appropriate position, paste it. Life wasn’t meant to be like this!
I figured I must have inadvertently changed some setting somewhere but can find nothing in ID preferences. I checked also the dialog box that appears when I use the “Show import options” checkbox in the Place dialog box (differing according to whether I wish to Place text or a grahic). Nothing. What gives? What have I done wrong?
I’m using ID CS4 on a 2007 iMac running Snow Leopard.
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