How to edit text in an existing InDesign document?

I'm unfamiliar with InDesign, and I apologize in advance for what I'm sure
is a very beginner/dumb question, but I'm stuck. I've been using the Help
files, so far to no avail.
I have been given the simple (I thought!) task of changing a few lines of
text on an existing InDesign file, using CS3. But I have not been able to
edit these lines of text. What I've tried is selecting the text and using
the Text tool, but nothing that I do has made it possible for me to delete
text and type in new text.
Help of any kind would be very much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Patty

Hi Kenneth, I checked, and "Frame Edges" are not turned off, and Hidden Characters isn't selected. What I mean by "nothing" is this: the cursor looks like the Eiffel Tower with two curves coming out of the top. When I click and drag, the cursor moves, but there nothing else happens visually at all. The above is what happens on the part of the document where I want to make the edit. In other parts of the document, following the same steps draws a light-blue-bordered rectangle. When I release the mouse button, the rectangle stays, and has a # sign on its left edge, and the cursor is a vertical line and blinking. But when I type, the cursor moves, but no letters appear. This is at least something, but it isn't happening in the part of the document I want to edit.. :\ Patty <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected].. >> When I follow those instructions, dragging does nothing. > > If you followed these instructions, dragging should produce a text box, > an empty container with a flashing cursor before an end-of-story mark. > This might appear to be "nothing", especially if you have Frame Edges > turned off (in View menu) and Hidden Characters hidden (in Type menu). > But as soon as you begin typing, you should see letters appearing. > > Might be easier to try it first in a new, empty document, or off the > edge of the page. > > -- > Kenneth Benson > Pegasus Type, Inc. > www.pegtype.com

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