Expert: Kevin Stohlmeyer - 6/14/2010

Question
QUESTION: Hi,
i am facing a problem in illustrator CS4,
i am working on a file on illustrator that contains a lot of linked pictures and whenever i open the file it looks like all the pictures are embeded which i dont want then i reopen the file and link all the pictures and i make sure that the Link box is checked when i relink....


Help!
kindly send the answer to my email
thank you

ANSWER: Hi Amale,

The images will not automatically embed. You cannot tell embedded from linked images just by looking at them, you will need to use the Links panel to confirm. The Links panel will show you exactly what is linked and what is embedded. I'm confident they have been linked all along.

Thanks

Kevin


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QUESTION: Well thanks for ur answer but i guess u didnt understand my question,
the thing is yes i can tell if the picture is embeded or linked if embeded it will look like a square with no X inside and the opposite for linked..
but the quest is when iam working on the file and i link all the pictures when i save and close the file and reopen it al the pictures will be embeded which i dont want ...

thanks

Answer
Hi Amale,

How are you saving these files out? If you keep them as native .ai files they will not embed your images unless you check "Include Linked Files" in the save dialog box. If you are saving them out as a .pdf file, they will always embed your images when you save.

Thanks

Kevin