I'm writing a document which currently has 408 pages and over a 1,000
footnotes, and with a size of 1.1 mbs.

I'm exporting it to latex using 'org-latex-export-to-latex' and am now
wondering is it possible to export it *and* omit the citations? The
citations currently are showing in the org-mode source file as
'(cite:xxxx)'.

So to clarify - the org-mode document is exported to latex and then
built into a pdf file in a separate process. The org-mode document has
citations, showing in the org-mode document as '(cite:xxxx)', where the
'xxxx' is any one of four figures which don't have any impact on reality
in org-mode, though org-ref allows them to be seen as a quasi-bibtex
display in the mini-buffer. When the pdf file is built they are
converted into authoryear citations, and its these citations that I'm
looking to *not* display in the pdf file. I would like the citations to
still show in the org-mode source document but not to show in the final
built pdf file.

The file, or program, that is building the pdf can be seen at [fn:1].

So how can I do it please?

Thanks
Sharon.

[fn:1] 'pdfbuild' - from tex to PDF - version 2 = http://www.sharons.org.uk/pdfbuild2.html
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