Are contextual alternates disabled by default in InDesign CS6?

Eimantas Paškonis

I don't remember this being the case in CS4.

Kent Lew

No.

Eimantas Paškonis

I create a new document and only std. ligatures are on (Mountain Lion).

Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer

I suspect you changed your app defaults. You do that by choosing options when no document is open.

Nick Shinn

Tracking?

Eimantas Paškonis

I don't see any preferences for OT (not that I've changed any). So it leaves the only other explanation: usual computer randomness.

Mark Simonson

Start InDesign, close all document windows, enable contextual alternates from the OpenType popup submenu. That will change the default setting.

Eimantas Paškonis

Thanks!

John Hudson

Note that some use of the Glyph Palette to insert glyphs will disable the contextual alternates feature (and the ligature feature) as you are working. Damned frustrating.

Eimantas Paškonis

That probably is why it got disabled for me.

Kent Lew

Note that some use of the Glyph Palette to insert glyphs will disable the contextual alternates feature

Discussed here: http://typedrawers.com/discussion/256/contextual-alternates-buttonoption-in-illustrator-indesign

But I’ve never heard of that behavior affecting the default preferences and thus new documents.