Can't use return key to edit text inside a text box

[guitar_player@adobeforums.com]

When I initially type a text in a text box, I can use the return key to create a space between paragraphs. Once I leave the text box I can't go back into the text box an use the return key. When I hit the return key, to edit the text, I get a red x with a red box around it, which tells me I have ran out of room. I have experimented on a blank page. There is plenty of room but it works the same way. I can use the tab key to move the text but that is very time consuming.

I also searched for a half an hour in the forum to find the answer. If the answer is there can you give me some advise as to how to find it there.

John Baucum

[JohnO@adobeforums.com]

Hit command-Alt-i to see the hard returns. This key combo toggles them off
and on, and for troubleshooting this sort of thing it's good to see them.

Try using a paragraph attribute instead of a return...space after and/or
space before. And I recommend using a style to implement the spacing, but
that won't solve the problem.

Last...are you using the Enter key on the numeric keypad? Don't use that
one, use the other one instead.

-John O

[guitar_player@adobeforums.com]

Thank you so much. Your last paragraph did the trick. I never thought that the enter key on the ten key pad would effect it. Your other short cut command-alt-i is a great resource for trouble shooting.

I have been struggling with this for 6 months. Thanks so much.

John Baucum

[JohnO@adobeforums.com]

Glad that worked.

Do yourself a favor and investigate the advantages of using paragraph
spacing and styles. Using a hard return for a paragraph separator is
something for Selectric typewriters, not page layout in 2006. ;-)

-John O