how to find and delete "~l"

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September 8, 2020
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I've come across a few blue dots in my file that I fail to interpret. Maybe it's not crucial to delete them but I'd like to get rid of them anyway, just to make sure they do not do something I'm not aware of.

If I select the last few characters of this story (with the blue dots are included) and copy and paste them, this is what the Find/Change dialog looks like:

So there are six occurrences of "~l" between the "x" and the "t" here. The problem is if I search for "~l" (without quotes), InDesign tells me "Cannot find match" although they are right there.

What is "~l", and how do I find and delete it from the files?

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Correct answer vladan saveljic

text search:

Find

<feff>

change to:

leave empty

vladan saveljicCorrect answer

Inspiring

text search:

Find

<feff>

change to:

leave empty

Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

Deleting <FEFF> is dangerous, as it's used for index page references, text anchors, and several other things as well.

Sam A.Author

Inspiring

Ah, thank you Peter. In this case I think deleting U+FEFF is harmless since there are no index marks, text anchors or the like in my files. But good to know to be careful next time!

M

Manan Joshi

Community Expert

I can find ~I just fine in my sample document. Can you share a sample document that has this issue, also please tell which version of InDesign are you using, I tested it on the version 15.1.2 on a MAC.

-Manan