Linked Files in Indesign

I have Product Manuals I have to update all the time, 300 manuals. Is there a way to see if linked files in a InDesign file have been updated or broke in a file with out having to open every one of my files. The linked files that are in these manuals are revised and changed by other departments.
Thanks....

Hi,
You need to write a script to update the revised images automatically in InDesign without opening the application.
Thanks,
Praveen

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Linked Files in InDesign Now Modified after Daylight Savings Change

I looked for a discussion on this and couldn’t find one so if there is one already open please direct me to it and my apologies.
I was wondering if anyone else has run into this problem after the Daylight Savings Time Change on November 6th.
Starting on Monday, November 7th we have noticed that all of our InDesign files that had artwork files linked to the document are now coming up as being modified in the Links pallet even though that artwork has not been modified. I haven’t recalled having this issue since we were using Quark 4 and InDesign CS.
All files are stored on Windows servers running ExtremeZIP, all InDesign files are being opened on Mac Intel and Mac PowerPc models running either OSX 10.4 or OSX 10.6. All servers and Macs are sinc’d to pull the date and time from the same server and we verified that they are matching to the second.
We get the same results if the files are opened in InDesign CS4, CS5 or CS5.5.
Is anyone else seeing this issue and if so have you been able to rectify it without updating all the links and saving the files.
I’ve been searching everywhere and I have found tech notes from Adobe that states that this issue was fixed in CS4.0.6 but we are running this version and still suffering from the problem.
Any help would be appreciated.

This sounds like an ExtremeZIP bug. Like perhaps your server is not acconting for daylight saving properly in its on-the-wire protocol. I seem to recall there are a number of gotchas about this involving Windows. I would check with ExtremeZIP. Did the file dates/times change as shown by Get Info in the finder? I suppose it would be difficult to tell at this point...

Open a URL link in the same window as SWF file in indesign CS5

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I am trying to create a SWF file using indesign CS5. I have created buttons and placed in URL links but they always open another window. I would like to know if there is a way to have the URL open in the same window that the SWF file has been created. I tried, putting "_self" to target it in the URL bar, but nothing works.
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Okay, I found the code but I can't get it to work locally. If you have a web server maybe you can upload the files (swf and html) after you Publish them:
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you have to have on the stage a link element called "testlink" (see the code above) which would be a Movie Clip with the label testlink. It can be anything from InDesign: a button, a rectangle, a circle, a graphic, you get the idea. Just select that object in Flash and label it testlink or anything you choose but if you change the name from testlink also change the name in the code snippet where the line "addEventListener" is.

When packaging a file in indesign - Error message - Cannot copy necessary linked file(s)

When packaging a file in indesign - Error message - Cannot copy necessary linked file(s)

Can you select all Links in the Links Panel
Use the Flyout Menu on the top right of panel.
Choose "Utilities>Copy Links to"
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Content of linked files in a inDesign-document refuses to update when edited.

The problem:
I have a question about linked files in an inDesign-document.
We have a indesign-file (indd) wich contains text, linked map-illustrations and ads.
One of the linked maps gets changed by an external map-producer via an VPN-tunnel. He works directly on one of the existing linked files (a map), and does not change the name or location of it after editing.
After the change, we open the indd-file again, but no dialog-window appears telling us that a link needs to be updated. So we do it manually, but the changed content doesn't get updated in inDesign.
If we target the linked file and choose to open it in illustrator for editing, all of the changes that was ment to be there, still is. It just doesn't show up in indesign. This also shows that the linking isn't the problem.
The file is only placed at one spot in the document.
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2. If we place the file in a another location of the same inDesign-file, the correct content shows. (But still, the existing one does not update.)
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Is there any way you can think of that could make this happen?
If so, How can we solve it without having to use the workarounds?

This will work if you all use the file syncing of the Creative Cloud desktop application and then you use the Collaborate option for the folder containing all the files. Then it will work on each of your desktops.
Links to files will not work in the browser when viewing the InDesign document from https://creative.adobe.com/files.

How rebuild path links from files in InDesign cs6

I work with Indesign cs6, in a workgroup with synchronized files at my HD, from a virtual disk (cloud), and bacause of this, the path linked files got the computer name (ex.: computer1/folderx/file.indd).
How many people edit the same file, many times the path do not is update when the file is opened at other computer. There is any way to change the path files in a easy way (manually)? Or make the Indesign search for files with broken links automatically from a new "root" or main folder in computer?

This feature does not exist in InDesign. You're best hope is that you have a backup of the previous file. Moving forward, you might want to try a free product called Radish that allows you to save versions and revert back to previous versions when needed. Here's a blog post I wrote about the product Story Versioning in InCopy | InCopySecrets.

Problem with linked illustrator file in InDesign Adobe CC 2014

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Custom Metadata panel to show linked graphics from InDesign files?

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I'm looking to create a custom Metadata panel to show linked graphics from InDesign files. I'm not even sure if this is possible. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I figure if you can see the fonts used in an InDesign file, you should probably be able to pull the links, right?
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Have you tried trashing the prefs? See Replace Your Preferences
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Indesign/Acrobat PDF - embedded link file(word, excel, pdf)

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In the microsoft word, we can embedd, the pdf, word or excel files as link, so that when you click the embedded file (for eg. if you click the pdf icon of embedded file in word, the pdf file will open, as same as the word files and excel files will open) . There is will no seperate link files will be there. (so from a word doc embedded with pdf files and excel files will be opened from the word itself)
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Acrobat Pro has an Attachements navigation panel that you can add (embed) files that will open in their native application when clicked to open.
InDesign can do something similar... you can embed files via the Links panel... you can also edit original (but you might need to unembed it first.
Not on a computer with InDesign right now, I will check tommorrow.

Adobe Indesign 5 Loses linked files

I have a user who when she creates a new or opens an existiing Adobe Indesign document, and links external images, saves, closes and reopens the document. It loses what she's linked.
She's running a Dell Precision T3400, 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM. The file server's running Windows Server 2003. She has read permission to the directory the images are in and modify persmission to the file she's working on.
This was working fine until a few weeks ago.. Nothing's changed here so I'm stumped. I've gotten her to try it on a different PC, and as a different user and the same thing happens.
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OK, I've done a little more testing and here's what we found:
Linking files from the Windows Server in the same site: Loses links. We tried several combinations, different shares, directories etc, and everytime it lost the links.
Linking files from a NetApp Filer located on a remote site: Retains the links
Linking files from the local PC: Retains the links
Unfortunately I don't have a NetApp Filer on site that I can test, but I'm about to test it on a remote Windows Server. It also happens on all PCs accross on this site, linking by either IP address or host name makes no difference, and the time and time zone is consistent accross all PCs. I've also got another site where there is happening, the only thing common between these two sites that isn't on the other four sites I support is Windows file servers (our other sites run NetApp filers).
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INDESIGN AND LINKED FILES FOR VERSIONNING

Hi Everyone,
Despite the fact Indesign is an amazing tool, i'm very frustrated about the way images links are managed, and especially when you copy a folder that contains indesign files linked to images.
When you want to make a new version of your files, by copying the original folder with all files, the copy of the original indesign file is still recognizing the linked images in the original folder and not the images in the new folder.
To force Indesign to check the path of the images in the new folder and to update links with the new images, the only way i found is to change the name of the original folder.
I get the same problem with an indesign book linked with many different individual indesign files.
i know there is a solution to package all images in the same folder, but this way will lot keep the structure of my folders and my files.
As relinking manually each file could be a nightmare, i wonder if someone know a solution to avoid this ?
Thanks a lot
Daté TETEGAN

Daté TETEGAN wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Despite the fact Indesign is an amazing tool, i'm very frustrated about the way images links are managed, and especially when you copy a folder that contains indesign files linked to images.
When you want to make a new version of your files, by copying the original folder with all files, the copy of the original indesign file is still recognizing the linked images in the original folder and not the images in the new folder.
This seems to me to be in direct opposition to what you just said. Either you want one central repository for your linked files where you keep single copies organized in some way that makes sense to your workflow, or you want individual copies of each linked file that is used only for that particular version. If you want only one linked file that is reused, you want any copied .indd file to continue to use the old path. If you want to modify linked files and have the modified files available only to the current version, packaging is a viable option.
It sounds to me like you would like ID to use relative links rather than absolute. That's not the way it works now, but you can make a feature request at Adobe - Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Linking Illustrator file to InDesign

If I link an Illustrator file into InDesign (to add some artwork to a book), then export the InDesign file to PDF to upload to a printing website, will it cause problems for the printing because of the linked Illustrator file?

The AI file, saved with PDF compatibility, includes a PDF.
Images of that file become images in the exported PDF.
Artwork and Text remain as it is.
If you use transparency effects and you reduce transparency upon export from InDesing it could be happen that artwork will be rasterized and exported as an image.
If you don’t use transparency effects or if you export without flattening transparency (like export as PDF/X-4) no artwork will be rasterized although the effects often are rasterized, but they have been rasterized in Illustrator before on the document raster effect settings you have chosen in Illustrator.
The best would be to give it a try and make a research on your exported PDFs with different settings.

Moving indesign files (.indd) and link files

Hi guys
How can I move indesign files (.indd) and link files to another folder without breaking the link? or recreate the link.
I couldnt find any good answer.
Thanks

As per my knowledge, such scenario is not supported by product, these links are of "absolute" type (let Adobe team prove I am wrong).
If you have 360 files and need to rename/move the whole project, the only reasonable way is to write a script that would find and update all references with new location.
The only other trick that comes to my mind is to manipulate the file system (NTFS or whatever Mac OS X uses), i.e. create a hardlink for folder, and/or bunch of softlinks for files, between old and new location, so that from the program's point of view the path and filenames would be the same. A sort of a quick & dirty hack.
But it only makes sense to do so, if you do not need to reuse old location and filenames. A script to fix broken links, especially if you handle and support it yourself, will resolve this problem forever.

Problème avec Indesign CC, je n'arrive pas à faire un PACKAGE complet, Message : cannot copy necessary linked files(s). Pourtant les liens sont bien mis à jour dans le document. Je n'ai jamais eu de problèmes avec mon ancienne version CS.

Pouvez-vous m'aider?

C’est justement ce que j’étais entrain de faire, revérifier tous les noms. Ça m’encourage si c’est ce que vous me suggérez aussi.
Le 2015-04-30 à 11:19, jmlevy <[email protected]> a écrit :
Problème avec Indesign CC, je n'arrive pas à faire un PACKAGE complet, Message : cannot copy necessary linked files(s). Pourtant les liens sont bien mis à jour dans le document. Je n'ai jamais eu de problèmes avec mon ancienne version CS.
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La première chose à faire est de vérifier si un des fichiers placés dans le document InDesign ne comprend pas de caractères « interdits » dans son nom (barre oblique, deux-points, etc.)
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Does Creative Cloud work with InDesign and linked files?

Does Creative Cloud work with InDesign and linked files?

This will work for online storage.
The preview you will see on the website but will be what you see on your desktop if the the folder was missing. If you want someone else to be able to see a preview online to give comment feedback you could export out a PDF file of the work-in-progress and upload it.
If you just want to work on the project at different locations it might be easier to zip up everything into a single file and upload it. Then download it onto the computer where you want to work and unzip it.

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