Strange character showing up in Affinity Publisher?

[vlimm]

I'm a brand new Affinity Publisher user, and am laying out my first interior book design. I've managed to get 80% through the process before running into something I can't figure out. There seems to be an odd character overlaying the text that should be there on one of my pages. I'm attaching a screenshot.

Actually, I'm not even sure I should be calling the odd thing that's started showing up a "character". It doesn't seem editable or selectable. It doesn't show up on any of my Masters.

I'd appreciate any help you might be able to provide!

[GarryP]

Do you have Show Special Characters checked/ticked?
If so, try unchecking/unticking it.
I don’t think this is relevant but I want to make sure it’s not.

Also, can you give us a full-screen screenshot which includes the Character Panel and Paragraph Panel open while you are editing that particular frame text layer?

 

Edited July 9, 2022 by GarryP

[vlimm]

Oh! I figured it out! 

Special characters were not toggled on, but your comment about editing frame text layers got me thinking. When I detached the frame from the master, I was able to move it out of the way and see that Affinity had somehow created another layer underneath the Master. At one point when dragging Masters onto certain pages, there was a strange advisory that Affinity was going to automatically flow text to frames not originally designated for that purpose, but I didn't really understand what was happening or why, especially since Affinity didn't tell me where it had put the text.

I suppose this was the result.  

Thanks for your help! Without your comment, I never would have thought to try detaching layers.

[GarryP]

You’re welcome.
Glad I could help, even without actually getting near the crux of the problem.
As long as it’s sorted then that’s great.