garudha Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I'm making multiple calendars with the same text but a photo on each page for each calendar. With InDesign I would make a master file, break the links (by changing the folder name) and then duplicating the master file and relinking to a different folder where the images all had the same names, but were different. When I try that with Publisher, I select the missing images in Resource Manager, click "Relink" and choose the new folder, but the links don't update - they stay as missing and refuse to link to the different photos of the same name. Does Publisher also check fliesize/date when relinking or something? Is there some other way to do this in Publisher other than replacing each picture individually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 It works for me, so I'm not sure why it shouldn't work for you. Here's an example: 20231213-1920-03.2611039.mp4 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacerto Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 If you mean a trick where Affinity Publisher is fooled to replace images in one go by using a renamed folder, note that when you get a warning about missing images, you need to select "Yes" from the dialog. Using Resource Manager does not allow you to actually replace images but just locate the saved but missing ones in a different folder (which I think that Walt does above). Replace_trick.mp4 UPDATE: So what you assume, that there is something extra that Publisher uses to match an image must be true, mere filename is not enough. debraspicher and garudha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garudha Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 Thanks lacerto - as you show, you have to choose "Yes" on the initial prompt. I was always choosing "Resource Manager" thinking that would have more control over where/how you relink files, but in this case, it seems to use other metadata to check that it's re-linking to the exact same image and won't allow you to fool it into accepting new images with the same name. Strange that there is different behavior in the 2 places, but at least I can now get it to do what I wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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