InDesign for QuarkXPress Users [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

The Links Palette

You can use InDesign's Links palette just as you would the Pictures panel of the Usage dialog box in QuarkXPress. InDesign uses the Links palette to list the placed graphics within your document, informing you whether any files have been modified or are missing. Like XPress's Usage dialog box, the palette can also show you the image's file path on disk.

To open the Links palette, choose Links from the Window menu or press Command-Shift-D/Ctrl-Shift-D. The Links palette also opens automatically if it detects a missing or modified file when you open a document; it then gives you the option of fixing the links immediately or waiting until later. The Links palette tracks all the linked graphics and text or word processing files in your document (we discuss text linking in Chapter 39). You can sort the list by name, page, or status by choosing these options on the palette's flyout menu.

Updating and Changing Graphic Links

If you have edited an image or changed it in any way, InDesign displays a yellow triangle icon adjacent to the its name in the Links palette (see Figure 65-1). If you want InDesign to relink to the updated version, select the file's name in the Links palette and click the Update Link button or choose Update Link from the Links palette's flyout menu.

InDesign lacks QuarkXPress' option for Auto Picture Import. However, it's easy to update all your graphics at once. Simply deselect all the linked graphic names by clicking in the blank space at the bottom of the palette. Then click the Update Link button, and all the modified graphics will be updated at once.

InDesign alerts you to images that it can no longer find on disk with a red stop sign icon in the Links palette. You can help InDesign locate the missing file by clicking the Relink button or choosing Relink from the palette's flyout menu. This command lets you then navigate to the new location of a file or specify a new file to use in place of the current file. (If you've placed a PDF file, relinking conveniently remembers what page you placed.)

Go to the Graphic

When you have lots of graphics spread across many pages, you can select a graphic on the palette, and tell InDesign to display the image by clicking the Go to Link button or selecting Go to Link from the palette's flyout menu. This is equivalent to XPress's Show button in the Usage dialog box. An even faster way is to Option/Alt-double-click a file name in the Links palette.

Information about Graphics

QuarkXPress displays information about each linked graphic in the Pictures panel of the Usage dialog box. You can get similar informationincluding file path, modification date, page number, color information, and file typeby either double-clicking on a graphic's name or choosing Link Information from the palette menu. In the Link Information dialog box, you can click the Next and Prev buttons to navigate through all your graphic links, and even relink to other graphics.

Editing the Original Graphic

A nice feature of InDesign is the ability to open an original graphic directly from the Links palette. To do this, select the graphic and click the Edit Original button. You can also select Edit Original from the Links' flyout menu or from the context menu (under the Graphics submenu).