pages pane shows checkerboard pattern on one spread

[Robert_Enns@adobeforums.com]

A gray/white checkerboard pattern suddenly appeared on pages 6-7 (of 12) in the pages pane. What did I do?

Rob

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

You used transparency in some fashion.

Dave

[Robert_Enns@adobeforums.com]

But the icons stay checkerboarded even if I drag everything off the pages and save it that way and then reopen it. That puzzles me.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

Off the pages to where? The pasteboard is part of the page as far as this warning goes.

Dave

[Sandee_Cohen@adobeforums.com]

In addition, if you use transparency only on one side of a spread, both pages will show the checkerboard.

[Dave_Saunders@adobeforums.com]

If you're not sure which item is the one with the transparency in it (or applied to it), try copying the whole lot to a new docment and then delete them one by one.

There are some classes of imported graphic that *might* contain transparency, so InDesign will assume that they do even when they don't.

Dave

[Robert_Enns@adobeforums.com]

I know which item is causing the checkerboard but I didn't realize that the pasteboard was considered part of the page. Hence, I couldn't understand why taking all the items off the page didn't change anything.

Now I know. Thanks all.