Reply To: URGENT: Completely remove all XML/Data Merge Info

David Blatner

August 14, 2020 at 7:55 am #126543

Keymaster

It’s hard to say… you might try exporting as IDML and opening that IDML file to see if it clears out any garbage. Maybe check to make sure the objects on the master pages aren’t based on other master pages, or set to locked (so you can’t select them to delete them).
Here are some other links that may prove to be helpful:
https://indesignsecrets.com/topic/a-solution-to-finding-bad-placeholders
https://indesignsecrets.com/troubleshooting-data-merge-errors.php
https://indesignsecrets.com/problem-with-data-merge-and-ghost-hyperlinks.php

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