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Inspiring
November 9, 2017
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how to remove pink boxes in one fell swoop (without any script, perhaps)

  • November 9, 2017
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Hello

I have copied a formatted list in MS Word over to InDesign.

In InDesign each line item is preceded with a pink box. I understand that it is perhaps a missing font issue. And that's not my worry.

I have many such lists that I wish to bring over from Word to InDesign. Presently, I am manually deleting each pink box. Is there a way I can automate this procedure using Find/Change. Better still, can I bring it over from Word without the pink box... by which I mean to say, when I copy the content in InDesign, the application pastes the content and not the missing font glyph.

Any guidance is appreciated.

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    Correct answer amaarora

    I am sorry for this back and forth, but what do you mean"pasting the glyph into the find field in the text sub-menu"

    how do I do that.. I don't see any option in the flyout menu (@) that will enable me to insert the missing glypc(f0fc) preceding the tab.


    Hi,

    I have not read entirely what is being talked about but you should try this:

    Find what: <enter glyph id within this bracket>\t

    Change to: desired thing here

    -Aman

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    amaarora
    amaarora
    Inspiring
    November 9, 2017

    Hi,

    Why not change the font entirely so that the missing glyph is replaced by a non missing one?

    Do all the missing glyphs have the same unicode?

    You can anyway detect them using the preflight panel to ensure that you have manually deleted them all.

    -Aman

      ashimg23377171
      ashimg23377171Author
      Inspiring
      November 9, 2017

      Aman, I am copying it over from a large Word document that is full of lists so I cannot change anything in there.

      Also, I am trying to detect the Unicode for the missing glyphs, but my preflight panel is showing without errors:

      What am I missing here.

      M
      Migintosh
      Legend
      November 9, 2017

      It's likely that the box is an actual character in the Word document, and that it only shows as a box in InDesign because the font that you have applied to your text in InDesign doesn't have a glyph in that Unicode location. Have you seen what the character is in the Word document? Maybe you were given a printout, PDF or screenshot of the Word document, or maybe the character is visible when you open the Word document. The point I'm getting at is that if there is a glyph that you need, you will want to know what it is. If it isn't important, have you tried selecting it, copying it to the Find field and replacing it with nothing? That should remove it if you don't really need it.

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