Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 398)

392 USING INDESIGN
Graphics
Last updated 11/16/2011
View metadata via the Links panel
If a linked or embedded file contains metadata, you can view the metadata using the Links panel. You cannot edit or
replace metadata associated with a linked file.
❖ Select a file in the Links panel and choose Utilities > XMP File Info from the panel menu.
Embed an image within the document
Rather than link to a file that you’ve placed in a document, you can embed (or store) the file within the document.
When you embed a file, you break the link to the original. Without the link, the Links panel doesn’t alert you when the
original has changed, and you cannot update the file automatically.
Embedding a file increases the document file size.
Embed a linked file
1 Select a file in the Links panel.
2 Do any of the following:
• Choose Embed Link in the Links panel menu.
• If there are multiple instances of the file, choose Embed All Instances Of [Filename] in the Links panel menu. To
embed only one instance, select it and choose Embed Link.
The file remains in the Links panel marked with the embedded-link icon .
Note: For a text file that appears in the Links panel, select Unlink in the Links panel menu. When you embed a text file,
its name is removed from the Links panel.
Unembed a linked file
1 Select one or more embedded files in the Links panel.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select Unembed Link in the Links panel menu. If there are multiple instances of the file, choose Unembed All
Instances Of [Filename] in the Links panel menu.
• Click the Relink button or select Relink in the Links panel menu.
3 Choose to link the file to the original file or to a folder InDesign creates from the embedded data stored in the
document.
Update, restore, and replace links
Use the Links panel to check the status of any link, or to replace files with updated or alternate files.
When you update or reestablish (relink) a link to a file, any transformations performed in InDesign are preserved (if
you choose Relink Preserved Dimensions in the File Handling preferences). For example, if you import a square
graphic and rotate it 30°, and then you relink it to an unrotated graphic, InDesign rotates it 30° to match the layout of
the graphic it’s replacing.
Note: Placed EPS files may contain OPI links, which appear in the Links panel. Don’t relink OPI links to files other than
those originally intended by the creator of the EPS file; doing so can cause problems with font downloading and color
separations.