Checking through different fonts quickly?

Question

There's a trick I've seen other graphic designers do wehre they'll highlight a block of text, and then seemingly down-arrow through their whole list of fonts, seeing how it looks on that text block, 'til they find one that looks right. Yet when I try to emulate, it doesn't work for me: I have to manually click the Font box, pick one, see how it looks, and repeat. It goes from being an effortless tap-tap-tap on the keyboard to a click-drag-click-drag chore. What's the trick?

Answer 1

Is the type tool selected? InDesign is finicky, double check that you are in the type box and that your cursor is over the list of fonts. You should be able to use your arrow keys after that.