Step 7: Click on the Design Checker. Under Select an Item to Fix, click on 'Picture is missing (Page 1)'. Use the Down arrow to the right to go to the empty picture placeholder and remove it. Ignore the other suggested design aspect to fix and exit the Design Checker. Publisher

Step 7: To remove the missing picture placeholder using the Design Checker in Publisher, follow these steps:

1. Open your Publisher document.
2. Navigate to the "Design Checker" tab at the top of the interface.
3. Click on the "Design Checker" button in the toolbar.

4. In the "Select an Item to Fix" section of the Design Checker dialog box, locate and click on the option that says "Picture is missing (Page 1)".

5. Now, the Design Checker will highlight the empty picture placeholder on Page 1 of your document.

6. To remove the empty picture placeholder, use the "Down arrow" located on the right side of the Design Checker dialog box. This arrow allows you to navigate through the various design issues found in the document.

7. Keep pressing the Down arrow until the empty picture placeholder is selected.

8. Once the empty picture placeholder is selected, press the "Delete" key on your keyboard to remove it from the page.

9. After you have removed the empty picture placeholder, you can ignore the other suggested design aspects to fix for now.

10. Finally, exit the Design Checker dialog box by clicking on the "Close" or "X" button at the top right corner.

By following these steps, you will be able to remove the missing picture placeholder from Page 1 of your document using the Design Checker feature in Publisher.