You may have noticed a small red circle at the bottom-left of the InDesign workspace, next to ‘x errors’ text. The solution: Identify the root cause in the Preflight panel The problem: “I have a red ‘error’ flagged up but how do I know it’s overset text?” Here, we’ll look at some quick and effective tips for fixing overset text, making your documents error-free in no time. If you’re seeing a little ‘ +’ symbol at the bottom of a text frame, or getting an error warning when you come to export your InDesign file, you may need to fix an overset text problem.