Deleting pages in an .indd problems

[matthewdee]

I inherited an .indd file which I had to edit some text, this was done and now the actual document went from 175 pages to approx 100. There are now blank pages within in the new saved document and I need to remove the extra ones but when I do it also removes text from the pages going forward. After looking thru I see that SOME not ALL of the pages have threaded text. When I go to delete any of these pages ID says the affected page contains objects delete anyway ?

That is the problem as the only objects are the page are the page numbers on the bottom which is from one of the masters, my intent was to delete the page figuring the order would re number itself

Can someone let me know what I need to do do as I

JUST NEED TO DELETE

the blank pages but keep the text in all the other pages I do not delete THE SAME.

Anyone?

[SJRiegel]

Check on the "empty" pages for a page break or column break character in an otherwise empty text box.  Deleting a page containing one of these will move the break to the next page.

Find these breaks and delete them, and the extra pages will move to the end of the threaded text.

[matthewdee]

I dont see any of those but I can explain a little better.

As far as masters go here is the list

None

A master

B master

PAGE I NEED TO DELETE HAS A PAGE NUMBER ON THE MASTER FOOTER which is A master

I changed the master for that page to NONE master and the fototer is gone but when I go to delete the page I still get the message that there is content on the page but I see none.

Cant delete that master because it effects more pages I need to keep but I need to delete that page and have everything else move up , follow?

[SJRiegel]

It's hard to figure out what might be going on without seeing the actual file. Is it something you can share via Dropbox (or other file-sharing service)? 

If you don't want to post it publicly, you can send it to me directly.

[matthewdee]

Just sent thru Adobe Private  msg

thanks for looking

R

[matthewdee · Accepted solution]

Ah I figured it out as I needed to remove the footer and header from the pages I needed to delete, command +shift + click and gone.

Thx for trying to help.

solved R