How to get book to open chapters relative to current path?

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July 8, 2017
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If I copy a folder that contains an indesign book and chapters to a new folder, when I open the book in the new folder, it continues to refer to the chapter files in their original location instead of using a referential path. Is there a preference to change this?

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Correct answer amaarora

Hi,

Yes you are correct, when you copy paste the folder with the book and the chapter to a new folder -> then the book will continue to refer to the chapter files in their original location instead of using a referential path. There is no preference to set this.

Your only option is to add the chapter files again to the book with the new location.

Or...

Click on the chapter file and then from books panel menu choose the "Replace Document" option to replace the path separately for each chapter file.

-Aman

raphael_matto

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I wrote a script that updates the paths, tested on MacOs: https://github.com/raphaelmatto/indesign

amaarora

Correct answer

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Hi,

Yes you are correct, when you copy paste the folder with the book and the chapter to a new folder -> then the book will continue to refer to the chapter files in their original location instead of using a referential path. There is no preference to set this.

Your only option is to add the chapter files again to the book with the new location.

Or...

Click on the chapter file and then from books panel menu choose the "Replace Document" option to replace the path separately for each chapter file.

-Aman

J

jackz73454476Author

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wow! I have to say that the lack of referential paths within a book seems like a huge miss. I don't know if any other modern program that won't pick up it's include files relative to the current path without having to delete them and re-add them. This makes it extremely inconvenient to handle multiple contributors.