Links panel overview, File status options for the links panel – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual

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USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4

Importing, exporting, and saving

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Click Place.

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If applicable, do one of the following:

If you place a PDF file with multiple pages, you can choose which page you want to place and how to crop the
artwork.

If you embed an Adobe® Photoshop® file, you can choose how to convert layers. If the file contains layer comps,
you can also choose which version of the image to import.

For a video on importing files into Illustrator, see

www.adobe.com/go/vid0033

. For a video on importing and copying

and pasting between web applications, see

www.adobe.com/go/vid0193

.

See also

Adobe Version

Cue

” on page 35

About linked and embedded artwork

” on page 257

Adobe PDF placement options

” on page 263

Photoshop import options

” on page 266

Links panel overview

You use the Links panel to see and manage all linked or embedded artwork. The panel displays a small thumbnail of
the artwork and uses icons to indicate artwork’s status.

Note: If you’re working with files from an Adobe Version Cue project, the Links panel displays additional file information.

Links panel

A. Transparency interaction B. Missing artwork C. Embedded artwork D. Modified artwork E. Linked artwork F. Adobe stock photo comp
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See also

Adobe Version

Cue

” on page 35

Workspace overview

” on page 10

File status options for the Links panel

A linked file can appear in the Links panel in any of the following ways:

Up-to-date

An up-to-date file displays only the file’s name and (in Adobe® InDesign®) its page in the document.

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B

C

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