Reply To: Can't type in text box

Something about your text or your default text box settings is making the text not able to fit within the text box you drew. For example, your text may have an indent that is too wide for your text box, or the font is too large for the text to fit within the text box.

If it is the size/settings of the text, you can open Story Editor, highlight all of the overset text and use the Control Panel to reset any indents/spaces/font size, etc.

Or, what I usually do–with Normal mode activated (with anything except the text tool selected, hit W) so that you can see the pasteboard, click on the plus sign at the bottom of the text frame, and then click again on the pasteboard. That will usually create a text box that is large enough to see the previously overset text, and allow you to reformat it so it fits into the text box on your document page.