Non Printing Item in Picture Box

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June 24, 2022
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Good Morning,

I have a client supplied file that has got me stumped. When opening the native file, there appears a couple of things in and around a picture box. There is what appears to be a stroke and also some copy inside the box. This appears in blue in the attached screen shot. When I create a pdf from the file, these items do not print. See attached pdf. How is this accomplished and how can I turn these effects off?

Thanks!

ap_R1-Scent-SOTM-SC-HeaderCard-CinnamonPinecones-FINAL.pdf

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Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

This is definitely a data merge document. They may have used it to create a docuemnt originally with a bunch of different backgrounds, but if you add a page to that merged document, the placeholders will appear even if there's nothing in them, even if you manually place a graphic. The placeholders might be on the parent page (and possibly locked?) You should be able to delete them if they are no longer needed. e.g: this is a simple file I made for assigning a list of names and QR codes. The placeholders look like this:

Frans v.d. Geest

Community Expert

Looks like a Tag to me.

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

View > Extras > Hide Frame Edges

The thing is, once a frame is tagged to a data merge, that thing is going to show and I don't know of a separate way to hide it, other than work in Preview mode.

Mike Witherell

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kbechtle116Author

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Thanks Mike

Why would anyone create such a file? Also there is no hyperlink. They have supplied the placed image.

Thanks All

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

The Great Karnak ... does not know! 🙂

Mike Witherell

Community Expert

Have you tried turning on and or off the visibility of things in the View menu (if you simply don't wish to see certain non-printing symbolic things)?

Mike Witherell