Smart object updates...

Been working on catagalogs, it seems, my whole life. Now working on one that has an average of 120 object per page. Been using Data Merge in InDesign for most but came up with a way of making one image contain 7 images that could be updated as products change and catgalogs need to be reprinted.
Using smart objects...
However before the catalog has left the room, the client has sent product changes, so what a good time to test the theory of smart objects working. They don't. That is to say, I made a new file, "PLACED" images within that file and saved it , then flowed the images with text. InDesign updates the images that were flowed flawlessley but the images with smart objects did not change. I had to re-"PLACE" the products that changed, they were not updated automatically within the file they were "PLACED" into.
So I have the "PLACED" image (one of 7) re-opened, sitting next to the file that wil be flowed into the InDesign page. When I change that product by changing yellow to orange then saving the file (which is a smart object and the name is not changed) that image in the file that the image was "PLACED" into does not change.
Is the only way to have those product changes occur - to double click on the smart object and change it that way?
Am I doing - or not doing something correctly? How then will the products get changed?
Jim

I'm assuming that all your images (the new ones that you want to update) are the same pixel dimensions as the old ones, you didn't say
If you control click on the Smart Object in your layers Panel, you can choose "Replace Contents", this allows you to navigate to the new file. An additional tip is that you can set up and ACTION that will perform this function, so pressing a simple F key will bring up the Open dialog, allowing you to replace the new files much more quickly.
This is not a particularly obvious at present, but I do hope they are working on a more robust "replace" and even external file linking for the future.

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Thanks for getting back. I should have probably mentioned I'm working in CS3.
Re Colour Mode: Both Illustrator EPS and PSD are CMYK.
Re Colour Profile: Not very technically savy about these things. I know that under 'colour settings' the default is for Creative Suite applications to be synchronised for colour management. I double checked and Illustrator and Photoshop are still in sync, and I'm not getting any warning messages when I open the PSD about colour profiles being mismatched or missing etc. After that I'm not really sure what to check next?
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