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Moving InDesign files from a server to OneDrive. How can links be updated automatically?

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Hello everyone!

i'm planing to move several files from a server to OneDrive. This involves an structure where differents files are linked in InDesign documents.

Is there a way to automatically change the path for all files to the new location at once?

The case:

InDesign link to current link from image on server:
/Volumes/marketing/MarCom/Documents/Graphic/project1/picture1.png
NewInDesign link to the image in OneDrive:
/Users/user/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive/Documents/Graphic/project1/picture1.png
What changes by moving the folders is the beginning of the path. Documents/Graphic/project1/picture1.png remains unchanged.

I really apreciate you advice!

Kind Regards,

Victoria

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

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You could always temporarily move the INDD file into the same folder as the new location of the images, then open it. It should pick up the files from the same folder, then you can resave and move the INDD file back to where you want it.

Of course, taht only works if ALL the images are in that same folder, but might save you some time regardless.

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m1b

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Hi @Victoria_4811, I've written a few version of this script over the years, mainly for myself (although I'm sure I've posted some on the forum before) however none of them were particularly intuitive to use. I've had another try, starting from scratch, and I think I've written a really useful script for your situation (and I will use it too!).

A cool feature of this script is that it saves the changes in the document, and if you ever move the document back to its original place, just run the script again and it will know how to fix them without doing step 1 and 2 again.

I have just uploaded it to my github repo, so please take a look. If you don't want instructions you can download it directly.

Let me know if it helps!

- Mark

Edit: forgot to mention—if you open all your documents first, then run the script, it will fix broken links in all of them, which is much quicker than doing them one at a time.

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Victoria_4811Author

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Hello Mark, this a great help! thank you very much. i will try it.

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m1b

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Hey @Victoria_4811 how did you go? I always like feedback on a new script because there are likely to be bugs! 🙂

- Mark

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leo.r

Community Expert

Relink to Folder is what you need, as far as I understand (from the Links panel):

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Victoria_4811Author

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Thank you leo.r.

this is the way to anually change avery single link in every single file.

I'm looking for a way to say Indesign: "when you open the file, please change replace the server by onedrive (only the beginning of the link, not the whole link)"

Do you know what I mean?

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leo.r

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this is the way to anually change avery single link in every single file.
By @Victoria_4811

You can select all links in the Links panel (using Shift), then InDesign should relink them all automatically if they're in the folder.

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