Copy into document graphics vs. Import by Reference
Steve Rickaby
srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk
Sun Dec 10 02:11:43 PST 2006
At 12:27 -0800 9/12/06, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote:
>On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 11:06:41 +0000, Steve Rickaby
><srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>As a side-issue to this discussion, is it true that a
>>graphic imported by copy retains no accessible path
>>information to the original imported file?
>
>Yes. It's easy to verify that; import one by copy,
>and look at the MIF. No name or path there.
Thanks for that, Jeremy. I appreciate that three does not appear to be any record, my question was really to ask whether any Deep Juju could be used to recover the information. Clearly not.
> >If this is the case, I'd see it as a major demerit of
>>import by copy. In the work that I do, graphics change
>>pretty much as often as text, and the ability to generate
>>lists of imported files is mandatory.
>
>One of many major demerits, IMHO. To me, the sudden
>appearance of grey boxes where images used to be, which
>can be fixed only by re-importing those images (if you
>are fortunate enough to remember where they are and what
>they are named), is much worse. And that can happen
>at any time.
Quite.
--
Steve
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