Illustration tracking

Question

Does anyone know if I can find out which illustrations have been referenced from a publication without having to check each one individually using the Object properties box?

I have inherited a large technical publication with 120 chapters and over a thousand illustrations. However, I suspect that only about half the illustrations are actually needed. I would like to delete those unwanted ones but can't find any elegant (i.e. easy) way to discern which ones are needed.

I am using FM 9 on Vista.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Stu

Be.eM · Accepted Answer

The Archive Plugin would help:http://home.comcast.net/~bruce.foster/Archive.htmThis plugin creates a copy of everything a FrameMaker book/document uses, and puts it into a separate folder. So if you create a complete archive (including a graphics folder), delete the original graphics (which hopefully are located in a single folder) and just put those graphics back which are in the new graphics (archive) folder, you've got everything you need.Bernd

squidds_de · Answer

There are also some efficiently tools in SQUIDDS TOOLBOX for FrameMaker plug-ins (www.toolboxforme.com):

Book Transfer: It creates a report of all referenced text and graphic insets.

Server Analysis: It creates the structure, path and files names of all books in a directory (or root directory of a server).

If you ask, what images you actual needed, then run Book Transfer:

- generate a report (see above)

- Book Transfer will copy all referenced files, chapters and generated files in a directory you want

Goal: Now, there are the needed files, delete all other files with good conscience.

-Georg

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