I'm super new to InDesign. So new that today is my very first time using and learning it.
I'm following along to a video tutorial, and the first time I've gone to use the selection tool, it's stuck on the hand.
Just what my ADHD needed, something to send me off on a tangent with, into the rabbit hole of "I must find the fix".
What I found was, it's the wrong tool.
All the instructions and videos I found use the selection tool that I call the dark one. Its the triangle curser looking thing that has the light outline and dark fill.
To get the functions that all the instructions show I should get with the dark one, and NOT the hand, I have to use the other selection tool. I call it the light one. It looks exactly the same as the dark one, except its filled.
InDesign calls them Selection Tool and Direct Selection tool. I'm assuming mine are switched for some reason.
If you've been using InDesign for a while, and you're reading this thinking, "duh, we already know they are switched. Thats not the issue!" ok cool. I didn't know that, and I haven't helped. I'd rather post it and be useless, than not say anything and not maybe help someone resolve this thing that looks like its been a problem for over 10 years. :)
Fox Ward
I'm super new to InDesign. So new that today is my very first time using and learning it.
I'm following along to a video tutorial, and the first time I've gone to use the selection tool, it's stuck on the hand.
Just what my ADHD needed, something to send me off on a tangent with, into the rabbit hole of "I must find the fix".
What I found was, it's the wrong tool.
All the instructions and videos I found use the selection tool that I call the dark one. Its the triangle curser looking thing that has the light outline and dark fill.
To get the functions that all the instructions show I should get with the dark one, and NOT the hand, I have to use the other selection tool. I call it the light one. It looks exactly the same as the dark one, except its filled.
InDesign calls them Selection Tool and Direct Selection tool. I'm assuming mine are switched for some reason.
If you've been using InDesign for a while, and you're reading this thinking, "duh, we already know they are switched. Thats not the issue!" ok cool. I didn't know that, and I haven't helped. I'd rather post it and be useless, than not say anything and not maybe help someone resolve this thing that looks like its been a problem for over 10 years. :)
Have a great day.