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EPS and DCS files (such as copy-dot scans) not meeting these
requirements can still be placed, but they won’t benefit from the
enhanced workflow in InDesign. You can also elect to open DCS files in
Photoshop and resave them as native Photoshop (.psd) files, and then
replace the DCS files in InDesign.
Unlinking and relinking placed text files
Unlike placed graphics files, placed text files are always completely
included in the document so that the text can be edited freely in
InDesign. By default, text files are not linked to a source file, although
that preference can be changed. If text files are placed as linked files,
and are marked as missing in the Links panel or Preflight dialog box, it
poses no problems for high-resolution printing because the text is
completely included in the document.
Placed text stories can be unlinked from their source files using the
Links panel. Unlinking causes InDesign to stop tracking the source text
files. If a customer uses a workflow where text is only edited and
formatted within Adobe InDesign after it’s placed, unlinking text files
prevents unnecessary alerts caused by modified or missing external
text files that are no longer needed. Depending on your customers’
editing workflow, you might consider adding an unlinking step to the
customer checklists you provide for handing off jobs.
To unlink text files:
1. Select all text les in the Links panel. You can use the standard
methods for multiple selection (Shi-clicking or Ctrl-clicking (Win-
dows) or Command-clicking (Mac OS) items in the panel).
2. Choose Unlink from the Links panel menu. e unlinked items are
removed from the Links panel, but the actual text content remains
in the document.
While retaining links to external text files might sound attractive when
text alterations are sent by a customer, note that updating a link to a
supplied text file will eliminate any formatting performed in InDesign.
This could wreak havoc if changed formatting is subsequently
overlooked. Customers who are prone to frequent or late-stage text
editing should consider using an InCopy workflow instead.
For more information on InCopy, see the InCopy product page on the
Adobe website:
http://www.adobe.com/products/incopy.
InDesign Files as artwork
InDesign fileseven multipage documentscan be used as artwork;
that is, you can place an InDesign file into another InDesign file, in the
same manner as you would place a Photoshop or Illustrator file. This
can facilitate ad placement, collaboration, even manual imposition.
Files are displayed in the Links panel in the same way as placed
Photoshop or Illustrator files, with one difference: support art required
by the placed InDesign file is listed below the placed file, indented to
highlight its relationship to the placed InDesign file.
The InDesign Preflight function checks placed InDesign files and reports
on the status of artwork and fonts needed by those placed files. In
addition, placed InDesign files as well as their support art and fonts are
gathered if the file is packaged.
Placed InDesign le
Support les for placed InDesign le
Placed InDesign File
A placed InDesign le is listed in the Links panel as any other art le. File names indented
below the InDesign le indicate artwork linked to that le.
While Type > Find Font will allow you to substitute fonts in the main
“parent” InDesign file, you’ll have to open any placed InDesign files to
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