Regularly I place a Word document of a particular design into an InDesign document. The particular Word design (I have many of them) ends with the final paragraph being a source attribution line that begins with an em-dash, a space and then the details of the source. Nothing else.
However, when it comes into InDesign, there are three hidden characters before the em-dash. In the Story Editor window they are identical and each one looks like a target bullseye surrounded by square brackets. I know from the InDesign Secrets <i>ids_specialchars.pdf</i> that was issued a few years ago that such a sign could indicate a text anchor or it could be cross-reference destination. Since I am the author of the various Word documents, I can promise that there is no text anchor and no cross-reference in any of them.
Why do these three symbols keep occurring each time I place one of these Word documents? How can I stop it happening? At the moment my only solution is to go into the Story Editor and delete them. But I shouldn’t have to.
Not a big issue, of course, but one that constantly frustrates me.
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