pasting text from word results in weird character showing up

[cream__soda]

It didn't happen before with the same files, but now every time I copy paste something from Word to Indesign, this shows up between the letters

I wish I knew the name of this character so I could search this up.

[Peter Kahrel]

Its name is 'not sign', its unicode value is 00AC. On many keyboards (UK English e.g.) it's the top-left character (left of the !1 key). To find it, either enter it in the Find what field in the Find/Change window, or, if your keyboard doesn't have the character, copy it and paste it into the Find What field.

[Manan Joshi]

Thanks for the information @Peter Kahrel. Find change would fix the issue but would you know or could guess why the character would be pasted in the first place if the OP mentions it did not happen before? This seems strange behavior

@cream__soda which version of InDesign and OS are you using? When you say it did not happen before did you mean copying the same text from the same file and pasting it in the same version of InDesign?

-Manan

[Peter Kahrel]

The only thing I can think of is possible word breaks. Those symbols are in places where hyphens can be placed.

[cream__soda]

I have version 20.4.1 since I was in a hurry to finish a project and didn't have any time to update. OS is Windows 10. 

When you say it did not happen before did you mean copying the same text from the same file and pasting it in the same version of InDesign?

sorry I don't know how to go out from quote mode lmao. I always copied the text from the same Word file, and always worked with the same Indesign file, though I made several copies just in case. That character showed up for a bit but then it went away on its own, thankfully. 

[Manan Joshi]

Strange, if it is solved then we are good. I was just trying to identify if this was a bug introduced by some version of InDesign or is it an issue with a particular InDesign file

-Manan

[Willi Adelberger]

What happens, if you don't copy paste but use the recommended File > Pla e?