To Remove Materials or Appearances from a Document

Remove all instances of specific materials or appearances from a document in one operation.

  1. On the Manage tab Styles and Standards panel, click Purge.
  2. In the Purge dialog box, verify that Material is selected.
    Note: If not purging styles, clear the Styles checkbox.
  3. In the Compare materials against list, select the material library to compare against. The list updates to show the materials in the document.
  4. In the list section, in Purge?, set the value to Yes for materials you want to remove from the document.
  5. Click OK. All selections set to Yes for purging are removed.