General composition error

this can be caused by internal InDesign error - this is very rare. problem

Can't find specified paragraph style

Preceeding or following style set in element does not exist.

Can't find specified character style

Character style in specified element settings (either for element format, or for narrowing paragraph text quote) does not exist.

Can't find preceding paragraph with specified style

Your definition referes to specifically formated paragraph preceeding the source. No such paragrahp was found in the story.

Can't find following paragraph with specified style

Your definition referes to specifically formated paragraph following the source. No such paragrahp was found in the story.

Source is in overset

Source paragraph does not fit into its frame - its position is not in the document as it will appear in output.

Source is on pasteboard

Your page number reference can't render any result.

Missing number sign # in page number definition

page # attribute of Page Number element has no placeholder character for the actual number

Source is not in footnote

Format uses Footnote number element, but the source text is not in footnote.

Source is not in numbered paragraph

Format uses Paragraph number element, but the source paragraph does not use numbering .

Can't find any text with specified character style

Your Paragraph text quote is limited to text using character style, which is not used in source paragraph.

Composition failed

error in the definition - format definition dialogs preflight your code the problem is in scripting or in CS3->CS2 migration of unsupported element chapnum