overset?

[chalsema]

So I just got this InDesign file to work on that some other designer made. Among other problems, I've run into something I don't understand. Maybe this isn't really a problem, but in the Links palette, there are strange "pictures" listed. When I click "go to link" it says "Cannot show link. The selected item is hidden in overset text." What is that? My main issue is this other designer didn't properly package the file, so none of the links are actually linked. :mad: So what is overset and do I need to fix it somehow? Sorry if this is a really dumb question... :confused:

[D-Frag]

I have no clue, never heard of that one.

bump in case anyone else knows...

[jimking]

Never seen that before. Maybe it's a "copy and paste" image instead of a "placed" image???? Is this job going across platforms?

[balou]

No reference to "overset text" in the InDesign Bible. I would make a copy of the document, saving the original and start deleting things one by one to see if it magically appears. As you're deleting, watch the images palette in case the graphic goes away when you delete a text box or something.:confused:

[chalsema]

Is this job going across platforms?
I honestly don't know. The CD got passed through a middleman, and I don't know the designer who did it. I just talked to my boss about it. She explained to the designer how to properly package it, so I'm hoping that will help. Apparently, the other company found some one for cheap to do this layout and they bought them InDesign to do it. Let me tell you, it shows...

[rickself]

My guess is that they have pasted in a graphic with the text tool selected, making it an inline graphic. Try copying a text block with the pointer tool and paste that block into a new document. See if the link pallette shows anything. One of those text blocks in your document has it.

[Craig B]

Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure that "overset" text is text that doesn't fully fit in a text box and is "overflowing" (the little red plus at the end of the text box.)

So, it sounds as if they've inset graphics into the text boxes ... which isn't necessarily bad, but if it's in the copy that is "overflowing" it can't display it unless you extend that text box or overflow it into another text box.

Capiche?

[chalsema]

Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure that "overset" text is text that doesn't fully fit in a text box and is "overflowing" (the little red plus at the end of the text box.)

So, it sounds as if they've inset graphics into the text boxes ... which isn't necessarily bad, but if it's in the copy that is "overflowing" it can't display it unless you extend that text box or overflow it into another text box.

Capiche?

Makes lots of sense. When I get the new CD I'll see if that's the problem. Sounds like it probably is.

[Craig B]

good luck. I hope it helps.

[Broacher]

>>Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure that "overset" text is text that doesn't fully fit in a text box and is "overflowing" (the little red plus at the end of the text box.)<<

Exactomondo.

[rockem]

>>Don't quote me, but I'm pretty sure that "overset" text is text that doesn't fully fit in a text box and is "overflowing" (the little red plus at the end of the text box.)<<

Exactomondo.

I would agree with that the text that is not fitting in the box fully

[chalsema]

Well, it does look like text that didn't fit the text box. But it was just spaces after the text, there weren't actually text/images missing. Ugh.

[panzer]

spaces are fonts!

believe it or not