Use the
Links panel to check the status of any link, or to replace files
with updated or alternate files.
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 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.
Note:
Placed
EPS files may contain OPI links, which will 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.
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.
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Choose InDesign > Preferences > File
Handling (Mac OS) or Edit > Preferences >
File Handling (Windows).
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Choose Relink Preserves Dimensions 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.
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In
the Links panel, do one of the following:
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To update specific links, select one or
more links marked with the modified-link icon
.
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To update all modified links, deselect all links
by clicking the bottom of the Links panel.
- Click the Update Link button
, or
choose Update Link from the Links panel menu.
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Select any link in the Links
panel, and click the Relink button
or
choose Relink from the Links panel menu.
- In the dialog box that appears, select Relink All Instances
if more than one copy of the same file is in the document and you
want to relink each copy to the same new source file.
- Choose Show Import Options if you’ve selected only one
link and you want to control how the new source file is imported.
- Locate and double-click the new source file.
- Choose import options if you clicked the Show Import
options check box.(See Import options for graphics.)
Note: If all of the missing files are in the same folder,
you can restore all of them at once. First select all the missing
links (or select nothing) and restore one link. All of the remaining
missing links are restored automatically.
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To
restore a missing link, select any link marked with the missing
link icon
in
the Links panel, and click the Relink button
.
- In the dialog box that appears, locate and double-click
a file.
Note: If all of the missing files are in the same folder,
you can restore all of them at once. First select all the missing
links (or select nothing) and restore one link. All of the remaining
missing links are restored automatically.
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Do one of the following:
- Click the Relink button, or choose Relink from the Links
panel menu.
- In the dialog box that appears, locate the file, and
then click Open.
- Repeat step 3 for every file that you want to restore.
- Do one of the following:
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To replace the contents of a graphics frame,
such as an imported graphic, use the Selection tool
to
select the frame.
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To replace the contents of a text frame, use the
Type tool to click an insertion point in a text frame, and choose
Edit > Select All.
- Choose File > Place.
- Locate and select the new file.
- Make sure that Replace Selected Item is selected, and
then click Open.