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Proportional scaling shortcuts disappeared (?)

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    • February 4, 2015 at 7:26 am #73121
      hevs
      Member

      Hello :)
      I have a strange problem. Scaling shortcuts (shift and/or cmd + dragging) stopped working after reinstall. This is something connected to settings I guess? I have no idea how to fix that, though. I’m working in InDesign CC on Mac.

    • February 9, 2015 at 1:53 pm #73224
      Lala Lala
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      I’m having trouble recreating this, but it does sound weird.

      Normally if you have the black arrow selected, shift+drag one corner of a text box = proportionally scale the text box, but don’t resize the text. Ctrl+drag = stretch the box non-proportionally, and stretch the text too. And ctrl+shift = proportionally scale box + resize text to match.

      You’re saying none of these three options does anything when you drag the corner of a text box? Does the corner still move?
      Is it definitely a normal text box you’re trying to stretch?
      Do you have the black arrow selected or white arrow or maybe the scale tool (E) selected?

      If it’s indeed related to settings, the usual fix is to delete your preferences and let indesign re-create them. Here are the instructions – https://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990

    • February 10, 2015 at 3:58 am #73232
      hevs
      Member

      It was weird, indeed! Well, standard “turn it off and on again” solution worked. I had to reboot system not InDesign only so I guess it was some system glitch. What have caused this – I have no idea. Thanks to this experience I did realize that I am like a helpless child without this functionality.

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