AD > APub - converting from embedded to linked images...best way to handle this?

[VectorCat]

I'm working in Mac Publisher on a document built in iPad Designer. I got a warning about having a lot of embedded images and would I like to save size by linking them instead. I OK'd that, thinking it would automagically know where all the pics are..

I'm apprehensive that I'll have to do a brute-force 'manual' relinking of some 60 images - arranged in 5 or 6 sub-folders because that's how I wanted to group them.

Embedded images bring along no information about their identity and location once embedded?

 

Thank you for any wisdom on this.

[walt.farrell]

7 hours ago, VectorCat said:

Embedded images bring along no information about their identity and location once embedded?

Yes, the program knows where the embedded images came from, and Linking them (via that prompt or manually via the Resource Manager) should have no problems.

If you're having a problem, it may be because you're using two different machines and the file paths will almost certainly be somewhat different between the two machines.

[VectorCat]

So..here’s my experience with that on an M1 Mini with 8GB of RAM…

I chose the option to Link, and was presented with a Dialogue box…I believe that I “pointed” Publisher to the parent folder where all of the sub-folders of images to be linked reside. Hit OK.

Nothing visual happened*, so I assumed it was a fail. After some internal grousing, I decided to manually re-link the 60 images using Resource Manager, only to find that all of the images said, “Linked.”

So, if I’m reading it correctly, the 60 images were de-embedded and linked in less than a blink of an eye.

”Gobsmacked” seems an appropriate word…

 

*meaning, no visual feedback indicating success, failure, or progress

[Old Bruce]

3 hours ago, VectorCat said:

*meaning, no visual feedback indicating success, failure, or progress

Rather like when you save a file, you choose a location and hit the save button.