Re-referencing Frame Maker Graphics

[Lin Sims]

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On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:21 PM, David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Another call for Bruce Foster's Archive.
>
> Best little FrameMaker add-on out there, at least one of the best, and only
> $20.
>
> Install Archive. Open your book, Select File > Utilities > Archive. Archive
> spiders your network for all referenced files, whether they be graphics or
> text insets. If Frame can find it, archive captures it. Then it builds a
> copy of the source document in a folder of your choice with all
> cross-references to those referenced files working.
>
> Perfect for what you say below.
>
> I don't have his email address, but I am sure it will be provided by someone
> else. You might be able to Google for it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Eisenloeffel,
> Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 11:48 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re-referencing Frame Maker Graphics
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a situation wherein I have a number of documents whose referenced
> graphics are peppered across multiple folders on a network. There's a
> lot of redundancy among the graphics and many unused graphics as well.
> What I'd like to do is consolidate all the used graphics into a single
> folder per document and re-reference them into their respective
> documents.
>
> Currently, the best thing I can think of is to break all the links by
> moving the graphics where I want them and then updating the graphics to
> the right place manually when I open any given file. The trouble is, I'm
> looking at multiple hundreds of graphics in total, making it an onerous
> task.
>
> So, my question for the group is two-prong:
>
> 1. Can anyone offer a better solution?
> 2. If I go with what I think is the best solution, is there a way to get
> Frame to parse out a list of all used graphics in a given file so I know
> what I'm moving?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
>
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