[CS3] Placed image: Resolution?

Hallo!
I have a document with a placed (linked) image.
How to get the resolution of the preview in the document and the resolution of the original file on harddisk?
Alois Blaimer

Pro:
No need to keep rack of linked files.
No need to provide linked files when sending fully editable Illustrator files to others.
Con:
Difficult to impossible to extract embedded art if you need to edit it.
Larger file sizes.
Layered images must be either flattened or imported as multiple objects.
Images used multiple times (either within one file or across many files) can really add to file sizes.
I generally recommend using linked files. Just be just you train yourself to either provide hi-res PDFs to printers (so no need to worry about links) or to send all images when sending your Illustrator file.

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i size.
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i size
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