Relative Path for Images Changed to Absolute

[Scott Turner]

You can do this in a MIF file, and if you have a text editor that will do a grep search with patterns, you can replace the absolute link pathname with a relative link.

On Mar 31, 2011, at 16:15, Alison Craig <Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> wrote:

> FM 9 Version: 9.0p255
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> Unstructured
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> OS: Windows 7, 64 bit (brand new machine)
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> After several problems, I've finally received a set of newly translated Simplified Chinese files back from the (new to me) LSP. Due to budgetary consideration, I always perform final DTP on the book before I publish to PDF.
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> My problem is that every single image (all imported by reference) has had the relative path changed to an absolute path and I have to re-link every one of them when I open each file (some files have hundreds of images as I use icons in instructions to match the proprietary console on our ultrasound machines).
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> In a perfect world I would return this to the LSP and have them fix it, but these manuals are already behind schedule. I have searched the last 2 years of list posting and cannot find the specific answer I am looking for.
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> Is there someplace I can change the absolute path back to the relative path? Even if I have to make the change once for every file in the book that would still only be 5 minutes work instead of hours and hours of work.
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> FYI: I will be working with the LSP to ensure this problem doesn’t happen again.
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> Alison
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> Alison Craig, Technical Writer
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> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
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> Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
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> E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
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