InDesign Not Importing All Link Layers When Updating Modified Links

Question

When I update my modified links InDesign will be inconsistent with how the updated link is imported. Sometimes it will update the link with all of the visible layers, which includes the new layers and is what I want. However, sometimes, InDesign will either only show the old layers, only show the new layers, or a mix of both with some layers not visible.

EXAMPLE: Original Link has 2 layers. I modify it to have 3 layers now. I double click to update the modified link. InDesign will update the link to have 1 old layer and the new layer or some other combination that is not all 3 layers total.

Is there a way to fix this in order to make it consistent? Has anyone come across this before as well? Thanks.

troyjack · Accepted Answer

My settings are exactly like yours shown above and my linked file is still not showing the new layer added to the file. I have tried deleting it and relinking it, updating the link, etc. but nothing seems to be working to get the new layer so show.

Same here, v20.5 Mac Sequoia.

Edit: What just worked for me was to turn off transparency when importing the linked Ai file. Must be a weird bug.

Eugene Tyson · Answer

In the InDesign preferences under File Handling - there's an option on how layers are treated.

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