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No warning about missing links when exporting to jpeg or png

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If I have a document with a missing link, I get a warning when exporting to PDF that there are missing links. If I am exporting a jpeg or a png of the same document, I don't get any warnings at all about missing links and simply get pixelated graphics in the output. Is this standard behaviour?

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Laubender

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@Andrew_Inner_North said: "Thanks for testing Uwe. Very strange that this has been a bug for so long and it hasn't been raised before."

Hi Andrew,

for me its a wake-up call. Sometimes I take things for granted. It never occured to me that this could be an issue. So thank you again for your bug report!

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Uwe Laubender
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Laubender

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Hi @Andrew_Inner_North ,

and another thing:

I already see this behavior with InDesign CS6 version 8.1.0 on my Windows 10 machine.

With PDF and EPS export the missing links in a document will issue a warning message.

Not so with export to PNG and JPEG.

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Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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Andrew_Inner_NorthAuthor

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Thanks for testing Uwe. Very strange that this has been a bug for so long and it hasn't been raised before.

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Eugene Tyson

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Maybe it's a rarity to how often it happens.

I can't remember the last time I had a missing link.

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rob day

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Hi @Andrew_Inner_North , There are a few other potential quality problems with JPEG Exports that include images. I use a script to export JPEGs and PNGs via PDF, which often produces higher quality exports. I just posted a link to the scripts here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/lines-appearing-in-png-after-export-from-indesign/td-p/13963189

They check the page’s link status before exporting. The scripts’ download link:

https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/f0f122b9-4d2d-4dc9-76a7-2cca55143c35

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Andrew_Inner_NorthAuthor

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Interesting! Thanks for linking to your scripts. I downloaded and tried the png one just using a blank rectangle (as I usually use "selection" when exporting a png) but it said that there were missing links? It might take a while to retrain the ctrl+e muscle memory so let's hope there's a fix to the built-in functionality. I'm surprised this hasn't come up before as a bug? I couldn't find anything on it before posting.

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rob day

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Sorry @Andrew_Inner_North , I added a link modified check when I saw your post and didn’t test it carefully. Try these same link:

https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/f0f122b9-4d2d-4dc9-76a7-2cca55143c35

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Laubender

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Hi @Andrew_Inner_North ,

thank you very much for all this!

Voted for fixing the bug and commented at UserVoice.

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Uwe Laubender
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Andrew_Inner_NorthAuthor

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Thanks both, I've submitted it to Uservoice.

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/46981429-no-warning-about-missing-links-when-exporting-to-j

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Eugene Tyson

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Confirmed

https://indesign.uservoice.com/

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D. Schulte

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It seems so. I just tested it and as you said I did not get any notification. InDesign uses the OPI-image of the missing picture to generate the PNG or JPEG so if you export with 72 ppi it can be fine. Yet I hear you, maybe a notification can be enabled?

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