Help with activation of type box area

[TerraAustralis]

Something elementary eludes me.

I am correcting text on pages 224 and 225 of a 232 page book and find I am unable to highlight type (select type), on this spread with the type frame text tool.

All the other 223 pages prior, and the page frames following are ‘live’ but not this one spread.

When I highlight text frame I get small crosses in the corners instead of the usual blue spot. How do I activate text frame so type can be highlighted and edited please?

Many Thanks,

Edited November 28, 2022 by TerraAustralis

[Komatös]

Hi @TerraAustralis

Check whether the text box is on a master page or whether the text box in the layer panel has a lock.

It is best to take a screenshot showing the text box and the layer panel.

[TerraAustralis]

Hi Komatös,

Thank you for you help. I will use screen shots in future. I have resolved the problem. Since the type area is marked with blue line and the text frame is also a blue line, I did not recognise I had text flowing within margins without a text frame box having been created!

I disconnected links and created two new text frame boxes which I then re-linked and re-flowed text. All is now good. Lesson is learned: Either use two different colours to avoid confusion and/or remember the cross instead of a dot distinguishes margin area not text frame. I do find it odd to have text able to flow to margins without a text frame being created. Since the text cannot be edited unless within a text frame, the behaviour seems pointless?

Best Wishes,

Tony

Edited November 29, 2022 by TerraAustralis
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