Large MB Publisher file even though all resources are linked

[Gobo]

Hello folks,

I think I saw a thread on this before but can't seem to find it now. I have a 450MB publisher file even though all resources are linked. It's like it's embedded them even though they say linked in the Resource Manager. I have another very similar file that is 21MB where it appears the linking is working as expected.

Any ideas how to fix it?

Thanks!

Will

[carl123]

Try this...

In Resource Manager change all linked files to Embedded
Save & Close document
Reopen document and change Embedded documents back to Linked
Save as... to a new file name

[Gobo]

Yep, that worked. But I'm going to get carpal tunnel from the extra 200-300 clicks to fix this every few days. 

387MB - file size before troubleshooting

501MB - file size after embedding everything (guess the first wasn't embedding everything.)

16MB - file size after turning everything back to linked.

Like I said, I'm seeing this happen repeatedly, a couple times a week at least. That sucks big time. Support, this needs fixed!

Carl123, thanks for the ideas though!

Will

 

[MikeTO]

1 hour ago, Gobo said:

Yep, that worked. But I'm going to get carpal tunnel from the extra 200-300 clicks to fix this every few days. 

Click on one linked image and then choose Select > Select All (Cmd/Ctrl+A). Then you can change them all at once. It may take a few seconds for the changes to take effect.

[Gobo]

Don't think I understand what you mean. If I click on a linked image on a particular page, then do Select All, it selects all layers on that page. But it doesn't select all images on every page. Is there a way to select all linked images on all pages and change them at once?

Thanks!

[Gobo]

Clicking in the Resource Manager and then Select All did it. No need to save to a different file. Just Select All in Resource Manager, then Embed, then Make Linked, and the file size is back to normal.

Thanks all!