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• • January 19, 2021 at 2:52 pm #14334899
    Andy Rossiter

    Participant

    I’m trying to standardize our workflow and I’m interested to see how others treat linked files when moving through versions of their indd files.

    Our company uses this file structure:

    file-v1.indd
    file-v2.indd
    file-v3.indd
    Links

    The problem is when we update a link (for example change an image to black and white) the change is also reflected in v2 and v1, which is not what we want.

    How do others deal with this? Do you either duplicate the linked file, amend it as required and link to this in the latest file, or do you keep everything from each version in a separate directory (including all assets), for example:

    File V1
    – file.v1.indd
    – Links

    File V2
    – file.v2.indd
    – Links

    File V3
    – file.v3.indd
    – Links

    Thanks in advance.

  • January 19, 2021 at 4:26 pm #14334900
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    I would normally change the name of the image. For example, if I make the image black and white, I’d do a Save As and call it something like “image-v2_BW.jpg”
    Then I’d update file_v3.indd with the new image (using Relink).

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