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• • March 13, 2013 at 10:18 am #64396
    huntert93

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    I'm having a really hard time with bulleted and numbered lists in Indesign. No matter what I do, I cannot get the 2nd (and subsequent) lines of each bulleted/numbered item to align flush to the first line. On a Mac computer, I have used the “Indent to Here” (Ctrl ) command with success – but I am now on a Windows 7 computer, running Indesign CS6, and the “Indent to Here” command deletes all text after the cursor! This is incredibly frustrating – what am I doing wrong? Are there any workarounds that do not involve potentially messy results? Thank you.

  • March 13, 2013 at 10:24 am #64397
    David Blatner

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    Hard to know why the text is disappearing. Some ideas in here: https://creativepro.com/the…..g-text.php

    But I rarely use indent to here anymore; much easier to set a positive left indent and negative first line indent: https://creativepro.com/how…..margin.php

  • March 13, 2013 at 10:26 am #64398
    huntert93

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    I checked my keyboard shortcuts, and “Indent to Here” is listed as “Ctrl+” – there are no other functions with this key command. This is so annoying

  • March 13, 2013 at 10:39 am #64399
    huntert93

    Member

    Thank you, but this didn't change anything. The text frame in question already has a positive left indent and negative first line indent, but no matter what I change, the second line is still more indented than the first. Adjusting the line indents only changes the placement of the bullet point. What am I missing?

    Here is a screenshot: above is the status of my paragraph formatting bar while selected on one of the bullet points that has this issue, which is pictured below. I'm a relative beginner to Indesign and this specific text bullet was formatted by someone else in the past. Thank you for your help.

    

  • March 13, 2013 at 10:44 am #64400
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Open the story in Edit > Edit in Story Editor and make sure type > show hidden characters is on. Any chance you have an indent to here character after the word “All” in that paragraph?

  • March 13, 2013 at 11:05 am #64401
    huntert93

    Member

    

    Here's what it looks like in story editor. It doesn't look like there is a formatting character after the word “and.” As I said, I've tried this before on a Mac computer with files originally made by the same person, and it worked fine! However, I don't have access to a Mac at this office (plus the pricey fonts I need are only installed on this Windows computer). I really appreciate your help, David.
  • March 13, 2013 at 12:14 pm #64402
    huntert93

    Member

    Also, selecting “Indent to here” from the menu doesn't work

  • March 13, 2013 at 12:16 pm #64403
    huntert93

    Member

    Aaaaaaand now it's working for some reason. I literally did nothing differently… God I hate Adobe products sometimes.

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