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I just installed CS2 Indesign into a new computer and can not figure out how to change what seems to be a preference that is automatically set.  When I create a text box and type any color text into it, there is a light pink background around the text that I type.  It is not in the entire text box, only around the actual text.  Help! Its driving me crazy!

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Hi Lisa, thanks for the question.

I think what you might have is a font problem. It sounds like InDesign's default font isn't available on the new computer so it's using a substitute font instead.

This is what I would do; Open InDesign but don't open or create any documents. Find your Character palette (under the menu Window > Type & Tables > Character.) and change the default font to something that is installed on your computer. Then close InDesign and restart it. Now, every time you open InDesign and create a new document it will use the default font you chose.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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