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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Printing Guide 24
Links Panel
In addition to providing methods for locating, updating, and relinking
graphics used in an InDesign file, the Links panel can provide detailed
information about linked and embedded graphics. Common functions,
such as relinking graphics, are easy to perform.
A
B
C
D
A. “One or more instances
modied” icon
B. Missing-link icon
C. Embedded-link icon
D. Show/Hide Link
Information
Category columns
Links Panel
main window
Link Info window
Features of the Links Panel include:
•Links Panel main window: umbnails are displayed for each link,
making it easy to quickly identify graphics in the Links list. e links
list can be sorted by le name, page, status, and more, by clicking on
the column header icons at the top of the Links panel.
•Graphics placed multiple times in a document are displayed as single
entries, with a disclosure triangle by the le name to allow you to view
all instances of the graphic.
•e Modied icon for multiple instances of a graphic is dierent from
the Modied icon for a single placed le, making it obvious that some
but not all instances have been modied.
•For graphics not placed on a document page, the Links panel also
displays PB for items on the pasteboard, a Master page identier (such
as A for a graphic on the A Master spread), OV for a graphic anchored
in overset text, and HT for a graphic anchored in hidden Conditional
text.
•Link Info window (an expansion to the Links panel): Click the disclo-
sure triangle at the boom of the Links panel to display extensive
information about a selected link, including scale factor, dimensions,
eective ppi, and much more. is feature replaces the Link Informa-
tion option formerly available through the Links panel menu, and
provides much more information than the previous feature.
•Panel Options: Available through the Links panel menu, Panel Op-
tions include row size, thumbnails, and controls for displaying an
extensive list of information for each link. e options allow you to
customize the information displayed in the Links panel. You can
choose whether to have the selected information displayed in a
column in the main Links panel window, or as a listed item in the Link
Info window below. ese options govern what is displayed in the
Links Panel, as well as the Link info window that is part of the Links
panel. If you add multiple new options under Show Column, you will
have to widen the display of the Links panel to view all the columns.
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