Reply To: Word with images locking ID pages

There are so many variables affecting this … can you pin down something repeatable? Like, it’s always people who use Mac Word, or PC Word, or is the culprit always a particular image format or source (only Photoshop JPEGs for ex, or only Smart Art from Word) and so on?

If you have Word, can you open the file there and right-click on the image causing the overset to see if there’s anything wonky there?

In InDesign, you could open the story in Edit > Edit in Story Editor, and see the icon for the anchored image there. You might be able to select the icon and either delete it or apply a paragraph style to it (could be it has a paragraph or character style applied that sets a huge indent).

In my LinkedIn Learning video course on using InDesign and Word, I have a couple videos about working with images brought over from Word, though this exact scenario isn’t covered. But you might find some troubleshooting that could help.

Smarter Workflows with InDesign and Word
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/smarter-workflows-with-indesign-and-word/work-smarter-with-indesign-and-word

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