Embed files in EPS ...

Hi,
if I use the option to embed linked files into an EPS I want to export, -all- linked images in the current AI-Project are embedded - not only the visible ones.
How can I achieve, that only visible linked images are embedded in the eps? It would be very helpful for large projects with many files, if I only want to save a certain part or some layers into an EPS.
Thanks

It doesn't. It's just a file attachment that can be extracted and saved
locally.
If you want to merge an EPS file into a PDF that's a whole other story. I
don't think it's possible to do that without converting it to a PDF first.

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[svn:fx-trunk] 10389: Added support for octothorpe in embed file names.

Revision: 10389
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-09-18 07:19:26 -0700 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009)
Log Message:
Added support for octothorpe in embed file names. And here I thought I'd never use the term octothorpe in a sentence.
QE notes: None
Doc notes: None
Bugs: SDK-23033
Reviewer: Paul
Tests run: Checkin
Is noteworthy for integration: No
Ticket Links:
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