The solution: return to the keyboard shortcuts dialog box, select the product area Edit Menu, choose Clear, and assign Delete/Backspace to it again. Well, it was: it was trying whatever I had assigned it to (which in this case wasn’t relevant, so nothing happened). Later, after I had forgotten all about it, I noticed the Delete key wasn’t doing anything. All I can say is that I was moving too fast. More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today.Ĭan you see the error here? When I hit the Delete/Backspace key, InDesign inserted that key into the field! Then when I clicked OK, it actually changed the action of that key - it took it off the “Clear” feature and assigned it to whatever I had selected in the list. Well, at step 3, I picked a shortcut, noticed that it was assigned to something else, thought about it, gave up, hit the delete key to remove the shortcut from the New Shortcut dialog box, and clicked OK to close the dialog box. Click Assign or click OK in the dialog box.Click in the New Shortcut field and type the shortcut you want to use.Choose a Product Area and then the feature you want to edit (here’s how to find the right product area).If you’ve ever tried editing your keyboard shortcuts (and every InDesign user should), you know that you: It suddenly occurred to me that I had had a little experience with the Delete key earlier in the day? in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box. No, I didn’t rebuild my preferences - though I would have if I hadn’t first figured out what had gone wrong. Well, it worked when I was deleting text, but didn’t work to delete objects!
Okay, so here’s one that stumped me for a while today: the Delete/Backspace key stopped working in InDesign.
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