How to solve Random Text appearing when placing text in InDesign

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January 19, 2022
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When placing a word document in InDesign random text is apperaing between the actual text which I want to place. This text does not appear in the Word Doc, and I can't figure out the problem. When I realise this is happening, I can simply delete the extra text in InDesign, however when working with a really long document it is not practical to this manually. Please see attached images for reference (the random text appearing on indesign is marked in pink)

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Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

I've seen this indeed with Track changes (as Bob also suggested), but try see if saving it as .docx or a .doc makes a difference (that worked for me in some cases). As last resort you could try saving it as .rtf.

Frans v.d. GeestCorrect answer

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I've seen this indeed with Track changes (as Bob also suggested), but try see if saving it as .docx or a .doc makes a difference (that worked for me in some cases). As last resort you could try saving it as .rtf.

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Thanks 🙂 I have saved as .doc instead of docx, and it has worked fine. I have realised that it must be some problem with referencing from the Word doc.