Problem with hidden character that looks like : (in search it appears as ^I or ~I (thats capital i))

[Damir S]

I get word documents filled with this hidden character that looks like blue : after importing doc file into indesign.

Problem is I can select that hidden character and copy/paste it in search, both text (^I) and GREP (~I) but indesign cant find it (cannot find match message).

Any idea how to remove that char from documents?

screenshot of a char in question attached to this post

[Jens Trost · Accepted solution]

Hi Damir,

I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like a special char you get on empty lines from data merge.

Try searching

<FEFF>

[Damir S]

Yes, it helped. As 

<FEFF>

 in  text search indd recognizes that char.

Thank you.