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November 13, 2024
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"Replace all" with Illustrator v29.0

  • November 13, 2024
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I have 10 files with the same link in the illustrator file, the name of the link image file is “480_F_503906393_YrrW2lWOCpsBzjQRATfuNoTnhP.jpg”

Because the file name is too long and does not have a good association, I changed the file name to be easy to remember “little girl.jpg”

When renaming the file, the illustrator file reported Missing Link, I performed Replace > selected the link image named "little girl.jpg" and clicked Search for Missing Links in This Folder > clicked the Replace button.

But I had to repeat the above operation up to 10 times, while with the previous version I only needed to perform Replace all once with the new file to automatically update the files.

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Participant
November 21, 2024

ITS IN THERE!.... Just moved!

1) Select "REPLACE" -

2) Browse to your folder and select the file you need first. Once selected, if you have the OPTIONS button selected, you can click - "Search missing links in this folder." at the bottom of that finder window you're in.

Worked perfect!

THAT'S A BINGO!

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 21, 2024

That only works when you locate the original missing link.

What it does not do is replace it by a different file, which is what a lot of users want to swap quickly many images by another one.

Participant
November 21, 2024

Interesting.... Why not rename the file to match the one needing to be replaced?

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 13, 2024

Please read this:

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/48498587

(including the comments, because they mention scripts)

Inspiring
November 13, 2024

Hello @9232707,_3377,

Sorry to hear about your experience. Would you mind sharing more details like the OS version and if the option for Search for Missing Links in This Folder (https://adobe.ly/4eyC1RM) was checked when relinking the file?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Anubhav

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Participant
November 26, 2024

means how to swap 20 A files with B files quickly.