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January 18, 2024
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Simple thing # sign icon

  • January 18, 2024
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It's a simple thing, but what is this number sign at the beginning of my INDD document?

It also appears at the start of every page, and at the end of the document?
Thanks, Newbie

 

 

 

 

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Correct answer Willi Adelberger

Not here. Here are 2 text frames on the same place.

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Mike Witherell
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Community Expert
January 18, 2024

It is called the End-of-Story marker, a whitespace character. It is the first thing you see in an empty textframe. It is not backspace deletable. I keep a published list of illustrated definitions of ALL InDesign symbols on my website.

Mike Witherell
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January 18, 2024

what is the address of your website?

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Mike Witherell
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January 18, 2024

trainingonsite.com

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Robert at ID-Tasker
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January 18, 2024

As pointed out by @Willi Adelberger:

 

Frans v.d. Geest
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January 18, 2024

In every empty text frame you will see the # when Show Hidden Characters is on. When you add text, this # will move to the end, it means: there is no more text after this. It is kind of the opposite of the red + overset symbol 😉

Willi Adelberger
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Willi AdelbergerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
January 18, 2024

Not here. Here are 2 text frames on the same place.

Participant
January 18, 2024

Yes Willi. You are right. Is this a problem? I have 2 text frame boxes on every page. I know why. When I created the New Document I checked PRIMARY TEXT FRAME. Then I placed the book in with SHIFT CLICK, SHIFT CLICK created a text frame on a text frame.

 

Is this a problem? 

Thanks

Willi Adelberger
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 18, 2024

It is an empty text frame. Modst probably from the master/parent page.

Participant
January 18, 2024

So even though I have text on a page, a number sign appears at the top of that page, from a parent page, because the parent page has an empty text frame box associated with it? Picture below from the top of a page:

 

And then I get a double #, start and end of a page, if it's the last page? 

So just ignored it I suppose. 

Thanks

 

 

Willi Adelberger
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 18, 2024

Obviousely you have overlapping text frames. It is a no-go as subsequent paragtaph returns are not allowed to create space between paragraphs.