Cannot Delete Contents of Page

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July 27, 2022
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I imported a file into InDesign that included a "title page," although it wasn't formatted differently than the rest of the document. I attempted to delete the page. When I did, the contents of that page reappeared, and shoved the contents after my TOC down. Next, I highlighted the actual text box that the title page was in, then deleted that first page again to no avail. The contents within reordered all the subsequent information once again. How can I remove this page along with its contents without affecting the rest of the document?

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Peter Spier

Community Expert

Smart Text Reflow is a feature I've never embraced, but I wonder if that might be the culprit here?

John Mensinger

Community Expert

I think James has the correct answer there, but if not, you may have to post more detail than "imported a file". What kind of file? Did you use the Place command?

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I did, in fact delete the contents first, but even deleting the contents caused text from other pages to appear on this first page. There was only one text frame, and there was no overflow text in it. Thus far, the only thing I could do was delete all but the last letter in the frame to keep other information from spilling into the page. The file was imported from Word. And, Yes, I used the Place command when starting the project.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

You have to delete the actual contents, not the page frame. Deleting the frame will just cause ID to reflow the contents, into a new frame or down into subsequent ones.

Since this is the first page, you might have had multiple text frames on the page. Delete everything on that page, lay in a new text frame, and connect it to the rest of the flow. Deleting the CONTENTS of that page should then achieve what you want.

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