This InDesign design-time message occurs if one or more of the saras of the saras property use text stroking with the NoFill option set to false, as in the image on the right.

➢This may occur after converting a QuarkXPress script to InDesign.

In InDesign, the text’s fill is controlled by its text color, independently of its stroke. Do not rely on the NoFill setting to preserve or restore a fill color.

Solution:

Edit the SARA and check NoFill to suppress this warning. This does not change the fill of the text in InDesign, where the NoFill setting is unsupported.

To control the actual fill, explicitly specify the text color in the SARA’s Change settings: choose None for an unfilled interior, or the desired color for filled text.

Topic 186050, last updated on 21-Oct-2026