• Global community
    • Language:
      • Deutsch
      • English
      • Español
      • Français
      • Português
  • 日本語コミュニティ
    Dedicated community for Japanese speakers
  • 한국 커뮤니티
    Dedicated community for Korean speakers
Exit Search
0

Can't remove links without updating them.

New Here ,
Mar 06, 2023 Mar 06, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

So. I've got hundreds of text boxes with linked Excel data. Many of them have been edited in InDesign, so the content from the linked Excel files is out of date. If I could just unlink the content, that would be perfect. But here's the thing: there's no option to unlink.

 

When linked content is out of sync with the source, the only options are to update the link or relink. The option to remove the link for text content only appears for updated links. (See the attached screenshot.)

 

Looking around for solutions, the only answer I've found is to copy-paste the content into a new text box. That's not really practical when you're talking about hundreds of precisely positioned text boxes.

 

Suggestions?

TOPICS
Bug , Feature request , How to , Sync and storage

Views

170

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Guide ,
Mar 06, 2023 Mar 06, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

Should be pretty easy to automate through scripting - the copy&paste operation - can you share sample INDD file? 

 

ID-Tasker - most powerful tool ever created for InDesign

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
New Here ,
Mar 06, 2023 Mar 06, 2023

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

LATEST

Sure -- here's a fragment of the file.

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines