Reply To: Master Page Auto-Page Numbering Symbol Showing up as an Error in Pink

Dwayne Harris

Home Page / Forums / General InDesign Topics (CLOSED) / Master Page Auto-Page Numbering Symbol Showing up as an Error in Pink / Reply To: Master Page Auto-Page Numbering Symbol Showing up as an Error in Pink

April 21, 2015 at 9:10 am #74862
Dwayne Harris
Member

It happens when the font doesn’t have the character that InDesign uses. To be honest, I’m not sure what the actual character is, as it appears as whatever you named your master page. In your case, it appear as the letter “A”. I name my master page for text as “TX” so TX would appear. I think in the Quark days, the # was the character that always appeared on the master page.

I’ve had it happen as well on running head variables, especially when using an expert font. The angle brackets appear pink as they don’t exist in the font.

I think you either have to live with the pink character on the master page or change the font.

It won’t hurt anything to leave it as it is.

This article was last modified on April 21, 2015

This article was first published on

Comments (0)

Loading comments...
ad

Recommended for you

CreativePro
Article

Top Posts of 2018

It's that time of year again, when we take one last look back before facing forw...

Article

Before&After: Picture It Twice

Use the same image twice—differently—to fill your space beautifully.

CreativePro
Article

An Easier Way to Apply Gradients to Table Cells

Filling a table cell with a gradient has always been tricky in InDesign.. until...