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July 1, 2022
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Searching for graphics imported by copy

  • July 1, 2022
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Greetings,

I'm in the process of sanitizing a document and need to find all instances of graphics that are imported by copy and not referenced to a file on disk. Is there a way to find those? I can search for anchored frames in the Find/Replace dialog, but that includes referenced graphics too (which is the vast majority).

 

Best regards,

Mats

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    Correct answer LinSims

    Use the Insets pod. View > Panel > Insets. You can sort insets by Type and how they're referenced, and you can use the Filter at the end of the toolbar to see all the insets in a document. 

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    LinSims
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    LinSimsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    July 1, 2022

    Use the Insets pod. View > Panel > Insets. You can sort insets by Type and how they're referenced, and you can use the Filter at the end of the toolbar to see all the insets in a document. 

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      matsb99251617Author
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      July 4, 2022

      Excellent, many thanks!

       

      Best regards,

      Mats

      K.Daube
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      K.DaubeCommunity Expert
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      July 1, 2022

      IMHO this can only be done by scripting:

      Loop through all AFrames

      Analyse the graphic objects in an AFrame

      If it has no refence to a file - it must be a copied one.

      Bob_Niland
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      Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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      July 1, 2022

      This can be done by hand in a MIF of the document file(s).

      The by-ref graphics imports will have:

      <ImportObFileDI `<v\>C:<c\>path<c\>morepath<c\>filename.typ'>

      <ImportObFile `C:/path/morepath/filename.typ'>
      The copy-in objects will lack that, and instead present great swaths of ASCII hex code. One I tested lead off with:
      =PNG

      As I recall from having scripted path re-writes once, there are other types of imports than might need a look (e.g. Text Insets), plus things not otherwise in Anchored Frames.

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