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Dan Niemi
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December 7, 2018
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Indesign show linked files, but reversed (show all files using the image)

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Is there any way that I could see which (if any) indesign documents link to a specific image. I'm on a mac, so Ransack is not an option for me as mentioned here.

Thanks!

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

OK, even better and simpler, a cross platform solution that uses a native Bridge feature - the Find command with the “All Metadata” criteria:

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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December 7, 2018

Sure, one way – here I have used the Finder’s search command to isolate .indd files in a specific location:

Next I dragged the .indd files from the search window onto TextWrangler.app or BBEdit.app and used the multi-file search command to search for a specific keyword in the open files:

Note: word spaces in the file path need to be escaped with %20 characters:

P9070 Front with Paper.tif

P9070%20Front%20with%20Paper.tif

Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 8, 2018

OK, even better and simpler, a cross platform solution that uses a native Bridge feature - the Find command with the “All Metadata” criteria:

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Dan NiemiAuthor
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December 10, 2018

Thank you Stephen! The bridge method looks to be working well. (Just had to remember to escape the spaces)

I appreciate the help!

Hmmm, now maybe I can add an automator action to set this up as a service when right clicking the specific file.

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