Re: Unlink a text file
Mark, the OP wasn't asking how to enable linking, he was asking how to UNLINK a file that wasn't provided.
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Peter, He wanted to activate the option to UNLINK, that was what my understanding was. And this is the only way I know how to activate the option since UNLINK wasn't available. Like I said, very...
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So you are saying the linking must be active before you have the unlink option available? I don't think so. First of all, that's a document level preference, so it should have already been set, and...
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Peter, I just tried this and it did work for me. I linked a text file, moved its location so it had a missing link icon, enabled LINKING in Preferences and had the UNLINK drop down menu item available....
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From all of your suggestions, I have attained a partial solution. The InDesign file we received had a linked Word document that showed up as being modified. If we updated the link, all of the text in...
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mattkelly, I just now had no problem Unlinking a linked text file that had been 'Updated' or modified. So something is very strange here...
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I have been having the same problem. I placed a Word document into ID4 two years ago and have changed it considerably since. Every time I open the document (and also in the pre-flight check) it shows...
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It should show as modified, not missing, if ID sees the same file, so I suspect that's why it isn't giving you the new changes, if that's what you mean. I'm a little confused though about what you do...
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Hi Peter, Sorry I didn't make things clearer. I had a text book written in Word, but when it got to about 100 pages Word was struggling so I bought ID4 and placed the Word document into it. It was...
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OK, It still seems odd to me that the file is missing, rather than modified, unless the Word file was moved from it's original location, but that's not really the issue at this point. You've just...
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Hi I am getting exactly the same problem with some text files placed by someone else as I never link text files. I have tried turning it off and on again with no luck, I can embed graphics but the...
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I put this comment in another thread, but I'll put it here, as it seems relevant. I have a large Word file (1000 pages) that I'm editing as a single InDesign document.I'm using Indesign CS6. When I...
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I believe in your other thread you mentioned you reset the preference to not link the word file. Did you do that with the file open? It's a document level preference setting.
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No one here has ever solved this issue. I have a perpetual problem of not being able to unlike my text files and it is highly annoying. They still exist but have not been updated because at some point...
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I've just run another test here, creating a test .doc file, making a new .indd doc and plcing my test.doc file as a link. I tried first deleting the test .doc file, and I was able to unlink it just...
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I can assure you that it happens…and often. The only other thing I can think of that I've done differently is transfer this file between myself and another person: but they cannot unlink either. As for...
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Have you tried trashing your preferences? See Replace Your Preferences What version and patch level of ID are you using? Any non-Adobe plugins installed? I can see that you still don't have the Unlink...
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Trashed my prefences and caches and the only change I noticed is that "Unlink" changed to "Embed." I certainly have no explanation for why that changed. Remember, this also happens on another computer...
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Seeing "embed" makes me think you've selected the wrong file type again. I can't think of a reason why moving the file from one computer to another, or using a file that was linked when on another...
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Two other things you might want to try... Although it sounds more like a systemic problem of some sort than a specific fiel issue, try exporting the file to .idml: Remove minor corruption by exporting...
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