Choose how relinked graphics are scaled, Update modified links, Replace a link with a different source file – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Last updated 11/16/2011
Choose how relinked graphics are scaled
When you relink to replace one graphic with a different source file, you can keep the image dimensions of the file that’s
being replaced, or you can display the incoming file in its actual dimensions.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > File Handling (Windows) or InDesign
> Preferences
> File Handling (Mac
OS).
2 Choose Preserve Image Dimensions When Relinking if you want images to appear at the same size as the images
they’re replacing. Deselect this option to have relinked images appear at their actual size.
Update modified links
InDesign first looks for a missing link in the folder in which another file has been relinked in the current session. Next,
it looks for a link in the same folder where the document is located. If it’s still not found, it looks in the parent folder
of the document.
Modified links are also called “out of date” links.
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In the Links panel, do one of the following:
•
To update specific links, select one or more links marked with the modified-link icon
. Then click the Update
Link button
, or choose Update Link from the Links panel menu.
•
To update all modified links, choose Update All Links from the Links panel menu, or select a modified link and Alt-
click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac
OS) the Update Link button.
•
To update only one link to a graphic that appears in several places in the document, select only the sublink and
choose Update Link. If you select the “parent” link, you can update all links to the modified graphic.
Replace a link with a different source file
1 Select any link in the Links panel, and click the Relink button
or choose Relink from the Links panel menu. If a
“parent” link of multiple instances is selected, choose Relink All Instances Of [Filename] from the Links panel menu.
2 In the dialog box that appears, select Search For Missing Links In This Folder if you want InDesign to search the
folder for files that have the same names as other missing linked files. If this option is not selected, only the selected
image is relinked.
3 Choose Show Import Options to control how the new source file is imported.
4 Locate and double-click the new source file.
5 Choose import options if you clicked the Show Import options option. (See “
page 379.)
Restore missing links
1 To restore a missing link, select any link marked with the missing link icon
in the Links panel, and click the
Relink button
.
2 In the dialog box that appears, select Search For Missing Links In This Folder to relink any missing file that appears
in the specified folder. Locate and double-click a file.
Find missing links
By default, InDesign checks for missing links and tries to resolve them when you open a document. Two preference
options let InDesign check for and find missing links automatically when you open a document.
Check Links Before Opening Document
If you turn off this option, InDesign opens the document immediately, and
the link statuses remain pending until links are determined to be up-to-date, missing, or modified. If you turn on this
option, InDesign checks for modified or missing links.