hi michael > I'm getting those little red boxes throughout text documents I bring > into my work via the "insert text" command, from kwrite in OpenSUSE > linux. They always appear where an apostrophe or a quote mark should be, > and sometimes in empty spaces between sentences. They add extra blank > spaces if ignored, when the document is printed, so I put the cursor to > the left of each, add the punctuation mark needed, if any, and then > delete the red box. If I type a document myself directly into a text > frame, or use the story editor, the red boxes do not appear. They're > harmless and easily removed, I suppose they have a purpose, and in a > very long text document they could be quite annoying. I'm only doing > newsletters and church bulletins, so they're just one more step to be > dealt with. >
those red boxes are placeholders for missing glyphs in the font your're using... you are probably using a free fancy font which does not imlement all the glyphs... ciao a.l.e
