Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 274)

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• If the Triple Click To Select A Line option is selected, quadruple-click anywhere in a paragraph to select the entire
paragraph.
• Quintuple-click to select the entire story, or click anywhere in a story and choose Edit > Select All.
Note: If you select text that contains a note anchor, using any of the above procedures, the note and its contents are also
selected.
If you cannot select text in a frame, the text frame could be on a locked layer or on a master page. Try unlocking the
layer or going to the master page. The text frame may also be beneath another text frame or transparent object. See
Select text in a frame that is covered .
Change what triple-clicking does
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Type (Mac OS).
2 Select Triple Click To Select A Line to enable triple-clicking to select a line (this is the default). Deselect this option
if you want triple-clicking to select a paragraph.
Select text in a frame that is covered
1 Using the Selection tool , hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click to select the text frame.
2 Select the Type tool, and then click inside the text frame or select text.
View hidden (nonprinting) characters
1 Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters.
2 If hidden characters still do not appear, turn off preview mode. Choose View > Screen Mode > Normal and choose
View >Overprint Preview to deselect it.
Nonprinting characters such as those for spaces, tabs, ends of paragraphs, index markers, and ends of stories appear.
These special characters are visible only in a document window and a story editor window; they don’t print or output
to formats such as PDF and XML. The hidden characters appear in the same color as the layer color.
Anne Marie Concepcion provides a comprehensive list of special characters at Free Guide to InDesign Special
Characters .