Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Manual (Page 263)

ILLUSTRATOR CS3
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Embed a linked file
Rather than linking 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.
Keep in mind that embedding a file, rather than linking to the original, increases the document file size.
• Select a file in the Links panel, and choose Embed Image from the panel menu.
• Select the linked artwork in the illustration window. In the Control panel, click the Embed button.
The file remains in the Links panel marked with the embedded-link icon .
Unembed a linked file
1 Select one or more embedded files in the Links panel.
2 Click the Relink button or select Relink in the Links panel menu, locate and select the original file, and click
Place.
Relink an embedded file
1 Select one or more embedded files in the Links panel.
2 Click the Relink button or select Relink in the Links panel menu, locate and select the original file, and click
Place.
Edit original artwork
The Edit Original command lets you open most graphics in the application in which you created them so that you
can modify it as necessary. Once you save the original file, the document in which you linked it is updated with the
new version.
Note: In InDesign, if you check out and select a managed graphics frame (one that has been exported to InCopy), rather
than the graphic itself, the graphic opens in InCopy.
1 Do any of the following:
• In the Links panel, select the link and click the Edit Original button . Alternatively, choose Edit Original from
the panel menu.
• Select the linked artwork on the page, and choose Edit > Edit Original.
• In Illustrator, select the linked artwork on the page, and click the Edit Original button in the Control panel.
2 After making changes in the original application, save the file.