csv there are two consecutive commas, there is nothing there (looking at the csv with a hex editor). I suppose InDesign thinks the field is NOT EMPTY but as I noted, in the. But I don't know what they are or how to get rid of them (they are NOT there if Preview is turned off). While in the Merged Document, it seems to take several left arror or right arrow clicks to get thru them, as if they are really there. There's a soft line break in there, on top of the '::' hidden character(s) icon. I don't really know what the two little ::'s are (they are light blue, like hidden characters). Where the empty field is supposed to be looks like this:Ĭontent Placement options have "remove blank lines for empty fields". Running the Data Merge to Single Record script available from the downloads or scripts pages of this site, I. The preview looks just like the resulting merged document. When I look at the characters inside the csv file, I see consecutive commas for the empty Address2 field (that's really empty, right?). Preview and generating the Merged Document works fine, EXCEPT that the optional Address2 and Country fields that should not be there when blank are always there. I've deleted the frame and have re-done it from scratch. Determine how you want the final document to look, so that you know which fields are necessary to accomplish the merge. csv file set as Ascii, the CR end of line, it does not seem to make a difference. And no more errors, font is fine, just what is wrong with that Business Card.indd - well I try some more ideas with it, I have tried almost everything with that already. Make plans to determine which data fields you’ll be using in your source and target documents. Now to the right of the Filter button (depends on version I suppose), there is a remove duplicates. Another method is to select all the data, hit the Filter button. In the second column you test for data to the column on its immediate right using a formula. The data source file you selected either has no records or is not a supported file format. Then filling the first column with consecutive numbers. Added support for parameterization of the record. Check the source file for missing field names. Name of new XML Data Source only changed if the field is empty. These include blank columns as well which must have a field name. One or more field name in the header row is missing. In the eyes of the Data Merge feature, each heading (1) in your spreadsheet becomes the data field name, and its column (2) becomes the data field. empty, it becomes a text frame and the field name appears in it if the frame. My csv file is: UTF-8 Unicode (with BOM) text, with CRLF line terminators, and I've set UTF-8, PC as the datasource (PC generates both cr & lf line ends). The selected data source has one or more empty field names. names, while on the Mac, you use a colon. 1 Are you sure those spaces exist in your CSV file They shouldnt. I am struggling with someting like this too, and can't explain it.
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