Linking an image file

In DTP programs (and also MS Word) you can insert an image file as a link to the actual file in the disk, so the graphic is not embedded in the document, instead when the document is opened the file readed from the external source. This method have the advantage keeping small file size of the actual document.
I'm new in Mac (as also in Pages) and i cannot find this feature in iPages 08. I suppose is not supported. My problem is that i' m working with large size documents with a lot of images. If any have experience of large files please inform me if there is any alternatives of file link or if iWorks works good with large files.
Thanks in advance.

Feature unavailable in Pages '08 as well as in Pages '09 !
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 29 juin 2009 20:29:19)

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