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David Richter
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“A Solution to Finding Bad Placeholders”
That’s it, right there! That fixed the problem – thank you! Though, I went a little further: in the tags panel (which I’m told is for XML), it actually lists ALL of the DM tags – so, I deleted all those and replaced it with “Root” (replace with “none” isn’t an option). I’m not sure if this step is necessary, but I kinda wanted all references to old placeholders gone.
For anyone else with this issue, in ID: window > interactive > hyperlinks > lists all your DM tags and allows you to delete them
For the 2nd step (which might not be needed): window > utilities > tags > also shows all your DM tags, but you have to “replace” rather than delete… I’m not 100% sure, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I replaced everything with “root” because it seemed like the most obvious choice after “none” (which isn’t an option)

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