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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS0D0BC71F-B145-4792-B8FA-C806EA3E9D54a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Choose how relinked graphics are scaled</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS242EC2F9-BCE7-4b43-B853-06AF7598713Ca"><h4 class="topictitle4">Update modified links</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSDB4835AD-576B-4765-B45A-A3A45EDF32D7a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Replace a link with a different source file</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSED51D9E9-2750-4385-8512-35A7E5317587a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Restore missing links</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS90CB0D89-5148-453c-93E0-FC1400CEFABA"><h4 class="topictitle4">Find missing links</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSCB632C98-0F65-412f-B5ED-0904F0D51CF0"><h4 class="topictitle4">Specify a default Relink folder</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSD53B6143-F78A-4c1b-96FF-EB802C3716D9"><h4 class="topictitle4">Copy links to a different folder</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS84545D0E-AE11-42c9-A0F8-A237F1C96A59"><h4 class="topictitle4">Relink to a different folder</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSBA086C93-24D7-4eda-997A-BEB48D2781AFa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Replace an imported file using the Place command</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSD5D94E08-0705-4839-BA31-1DBBDE080B21"><h4 class="topictitle4">Copy the link pathname</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>Use
the Links panel to check the status of any link, or to replace files
with updated or alternate files. </p>
<p>When you update or reestablish
(relink) a link to a file, any transformations performed in InDesign are preserved (if you choose
Relink Preserved Dimensions in the File Handling preferences). For&#160;example,
if you import a square graphic and rotate it 30°, and then you relink
it to an unrotated graphic, InDesign rotates
it 30° to match the layout of the graphic it’s replacing.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Placed EPS files may contain
OPI links, which appear in the Links panel. Don’t relink OPI links
to files other than those originally intended by the creator of
the EPS file; doing so can cause problems with font downloading
and color separations.</div>
</div>
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<div id="WS0D0BC71F-B145-4792-B8FA-C806EA3E9D54a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS0D0BC71F-B145-4792-B8FA-C806EA3E9D54a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Choose how relinked graphics are scaled</h3><div><div class="section"><p>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. </p>
<ol><li><p>Choose Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; File Handling (Windows)
or InDesign&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt;
File Handling (Mac&#160;OS).</p>
</li>
<li><p>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.</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WS242EC2F9-BCE7-4b43-B853-06AF7598713Ca" class="nochunk"><a name="WS242EC2F9-BCE7-4b43-B853-06AF7598713Ca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Update modified links</h3><div><div class="section"><p>Modified links are also called “out of date”
links.</p>
</div>
<div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;In
the Links panel, do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>To update specific links, select one or
more links marked with the modified-link icon&#160;<img src="images/P_Warning_Sm_R.png" />. Then
click the Update Link button&#160;<img src="images/update_link.png" />, or
choose Update Link from the Links panel menu.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To update all modified links, choose Update All
Links from the Links panel menu, or Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click
(Mac&#160;OS) the Update Link button.</p>
</li>
<li><p>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.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div></div>
<div id="WSDB4835AD-576B-4765-B45A-A3A45EDF32D7a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSDB4835AD-576B-4765-B45A-A3A45EDF32D7a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Replace a link with a different source file</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select any link in the Links panel,
and click the Relink button&#160;<img src="images/relink_N.png" /> or
choose Relink from the Links panel menu. If a “parent” link of multiple
instances is selected, choose Relink All Instances Of <dfn class="term">[Filename]</dfn> from
the Links panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>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.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Show Import Options if you’ve selected only one
link and you want to control how the new source file is imported. </span></li>
<li><span>Locate and double-click the new source file.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose import options if you clicked the Show Import
options option. (See <a href="WSBAC794A2-274A-466f-8254-11FB23B86A5Fa.html">Import options for graphics</a>.)</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSED51D9E9-2750-4385-8512-35A7E5317587a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSED51D9E9-2750-4385-8512-35A7E5317587a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Restore missing links</h3><div><ol><li><span>To
restore a missing link, select any link marked with the missing
link icon&#160;<img src="images/P_MissingLink_Sm_N.png" /> in
the Links panel, and click the Relink button&#160;<img src="images/relink_N.png" />. </span></li>
<li><span>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. </span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS90CB0D89-5148-453c-93E0-FC1400CEFABA" class="nochunk"><a name="WS90CB0D89-5148-453c-93E0-FC1400CEFABA"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Find missing links</h3><div><div class="section"><p>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.</p>
<div class="para"><dl><dt class="dlterm">Check Links Before Opening Document</dt>
<dd>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.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Find Missing Links Before Opening Document</dt>
<dd>If you turn off this option, InDesign does
not attempt to resolve the missing links. You may want to turn off
this option if links slow performance to a server or if unexpected
linkings occur. This option is dimmed if Check Links Before Opening
Document is turned off.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Search For Missing Links</dt>
<dd>Use the Search For Missing Links command to search for and
resolve missing links in your document. This command is useful if
you turned off the preferences option that checks for missing links
when you open a document, and now you have missing links. This command
is also useful if you mount a server where images are stored after
opening a document.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div>
</div>
<ul><li class="stepexpand"><span>To change link settings, open the File
Handling section of the Preferences dialog box, and determine whether
the Check Links Before Opening Document and Find Missing Links Before
Opening Document options are selected.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To let InDesign attempt to
resolve missing links, choose Utilities&#160;&gt; Search For
Missing Links from the Links panel menu.</span> <p>This command is dimmed if the document contains no missing
links.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div></div>
<div id="WSCB632C98-0F65-412f-B5ED-0904F0D51CF0" class="nochunk"><a name="WSCB632C98-0F65-412f-B5ED-0904F0D51CF0"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Specify a default Relink folder</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Preferences dialog box, select
File Handling.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>From the Default Relink Folder menu, choose either of
the following options, and then click OK:</span> <div class="para"><dl><dt class="dlterm">Most Recent Relink Folder</dt>
<dd>This option displays the most recently used folder you selected
when relinking, matching InDesign CS3 behavior.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Original Relink Folder</dt>
<dd>This option displays the original location of the linked file,
matching the behavior of InDesign CS2 and earlier.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSD53B6143-F78A-4c1b-96FF-EB802C3716D9" class="nochunk"><a name="WSD53B6143-F78A-4c1b-96FF-EB802C3716D9"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Copy links to a different folder</h3><div><div class="section"><p>Use the Copy Link(s) To command to copy graphics
files to a different folder and redirect the links to the copied
files. This command is especially useful for moving files to a different
drive, such as moving files from a DVD to a hard drive.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Select the links to the files you want to copy,
and choose Utilities&#160;&gt; Copy Link(s) To from the Links
panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>Specify the folder where the linked files will be copied
and choose Select (Windows) or Choose (Mac&#160;OS).</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WS84545D0E-AE11-42c9-A0F8-A237F1C96A59" class="nochunk"><a name="WS84545D0E-AE11-42c9-A0F8-A237F1C96A59"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Relink to a different folder</h3><div><div class="section"><p>When you use the Relink To Folder command,
you can point to a folder that contains files with the same names
as your out-of-date links. For example, if your current links point
to low-resolution images, you can specify a different folder that
contains high-resolution images. You can specify a different extension
for the files, allowing you to change links from .jpg to .tiff,
for example.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Select one or more links in the Links panel.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Relink To Folder from the Links panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>Specify the location of the new folder.</span></li>
<li><span>To use a different extension, select Match Same Filename
But This Extension, and specify the new extension (such as AI, TIFF,
or PSD).</span></li>
<li><span>Click Select (Windows) or Choose (Mac&#160;OS).</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSBA086C93-24D7-4eda-997A-BEB48D2781AFa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSBA086C93-24D7-4eda-997A-BEB48D2781AFa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Replace an imported file using the Place command</h3><div><ol><li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>To replace the contents of a
graphics frame, such as an imported graphic, use the Selection tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Select_Lg_N.png" /> to
select the frame.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To replace the contents of a text frame, use the
Type tool to click an insertion point in a text frame, and choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Select All.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>Choose File&#160;&gt; Place.</span></li>
<li><span>Locate and select the new file.</span></li>
<li><span>Make sure that Replace Selected Item is selected, and then
click Open.</span></li>
</ol>
</div></div>
<div id="WSD5D94E08-0705-4839-BA31-1DBBDE080B21" class="nochunk"><a name="WSD5D94E08-0705-4839-BA31-1DBBDE080B21"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Copy the link pathname</h3><div><div class="section"><p>You can copy either the full path of the linked
image or the platform style path. Copying the full path of the image
is useful for notifying team members where art is located. For example,
you can copy the full path and paste it into an email message. Copying
the platform path is useful for scripting or for specifying image
fields in a data merge.</p>
</div>
<ol><li><span>Select a link in the Links panel.</span></li>
<li><span>From the Links panel menu, choose Utilities&#160;&gt;
Copy Full Path or Copy Platform Style Path.</span></li>
<li><span>Paste the path.</span></li>
</ol>
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