Pressing space bar in Pages makes the cursor go backward on my MacBook Air

Pressing space bar in Pages makes the cursor go backward instead of forward. I am using 2024 MacBook Air. This happens only in one last paragraph, not in previous paragraphs. The problem persists at the end of the paragraph/document, thus no additional text can be added using the keyboard. OS was updated last night

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MacBook Air 15″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Feb 11, 2025 08:54 AM

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