Replacing graphic images in documents

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#21

Hi :slight_smile:
Ideally when we notify people of this problem we could forwards the mail to the list at the same time in order to break it into a new thread on it's own.  As it is the 2 threads are now inextricably entwined.  Luckily they seem to be helping each other as the subjects are very close. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#22

Thank you Tom for the information. I had not tried the link feature because it was greyed out and would not allow me to change it. But from your help above I could see how to create the images as links. So I did try it and it appears to work very well. I can say that this is almost the same process as I was doing before by selecting the file name from the dialog or typing it in directly. Since most all of my images have the same aspect ratio this is certainly a possibility for me to use.

Since it appears I need to recreate my photo layouts for this, I think I will use the same image just as a place holder with the document itself. It can be used many times across many documents. Then open the doc and change the links to the photos I want printed but discard when completed.

Thank you again and it appears this will be the best way for me resolve my problem.
James

#23

Yes, I tried it and it does work that way for me as well. It seems to me it will be cumbersome though when working with 2 or 3 dozen photographs. With only one or two photos the extra operations would not be excessive.

Another response suggested using links instead of embedded images. I think the links will work better for me overall. I can go as much as a year without even turning on my color printer. But then when I need it, I can have hundreds of photos to print.

Thank you for the solution and I will keep it in mind.
James

#24

James Finnall wrote

Another response suggested using links instead of embedded images. I
think the links will work better for me overall. I can go as much as a
year without even turning on my color printer. But then when I need it,
I can have hundreds of photos to print.

I use the method I suggested for a replacing or updating less than a dozen
images. For "hundreds" I think the best method is indeed to use links
pointing to a folder where the images are named from 0001.jpg to 9999.jpg
and in future uses just replace the images.

If this under Windows there are a few excellent batch rename utilities. Even
Open Source, like this one
http://file-folder-ren.sourceforge.net/

I'm glad I could help :wink: