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To Exclude a Figure from Publication
To ensure one or more figures are not published during a publishing operation, use one of the operations below:
In an open figure, click Figure > Do Not Publish.
In the Figure Gallery, right-click a figure and choose Do Not Publish from the shortcut menu.
The figures are excluded from publication of the illustration file.