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Liz G - CCT
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May 19, 2022
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Remove images from Links Panel - Book File

  • May 19, 2022
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I have a book file with 26 chapter files. Many of the individual files' Links panel includes all imges for the entire book (~750 links). I saw a post where it suggests exporting to IDML, but that is not consistent. It has only worked on a couple files.

I would greatly appreciate any assistance in this challenge.

 

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Correct answer Liz G - CCT

Have you tried trashing your Caches folder, and if that doesn’t work trashing your Preferences?


Thank you for the suggestion. I did all of that, to no avail.

I went back to another post about this very issue where the user removed a root from the structure. I was originally not comfortable doing that since I was not familiar with it. However, desperate times, right? So I deleted what appeared to be an extra/nested root in the structure window and all of the images that did not belong to the file were removed from the links panel.

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rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
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May 19, 2022

Many of the individual files' Links panel includes all imges for the entire book (~750 links).

 

Hi @Liz G - CCT , If you open one of the chapters that lists all of the Book’s links, what happens when you click the Go To Link button at the bottom of the Links panel for a link you know is not in the chapter? The Layers panel’s fly out menu also has a Go to Link menu item. The expected behavior would be the link’s image gets selected. Also is there a page number associated with the link?

 

 

 

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Liz G - CCTAuthor
Inspiring
May 19, 2022

When I click on a file that is not in the chapter, the menu item is grayed-out.

when I click on an xml structure listed under it, clicking go to link does nothing. I made sure to close all window to see if anything may have opened behind another window.

 

rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
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May 20, 2022

Have you tried trashing your Caches folder, and if that doesn’t work trashing your Preferences?

Willi Adelberger
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Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
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May 19, 2022

I do not understand what you want to afford?

Tarun Saini
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Tarun SainiCommunity Manager
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May 19, 2022

Hi there,

 

We're sorry to hear about the trouble. To assist you better, would you mind telling us which Adobe app are you referring to? 

 

We're here to help, just need some info.

 

Regards,

Tarun

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Liz G - CCTAuthor
Inspiring
May 19, 2022

I am using InDesign, v17.2.1

Tarun Saini
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Tarun SainiCommunity Manager
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May 19, 2022

Moving from Creative Cloud service to Indesign board.

John T Smith
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John T SmithCommunity Expert
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May 19, 2022

When you post a question you always need to tell the program you are using
There are MANY programs in a full subscription, plus other non-subscription programs
Please post the exact name of the Adobe program you use so a Moderator may move this message to that forum

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