Modifying Image Paths

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You could test this to see if it works before you actually do it on your production copies...

Open the FM file as a MIF.

Do a find and replace on the file path name.

Resave as an FM file.

It's been a long time since I looked at MIFs and what they can do, but that approach might be an option.

Nadine

--- On Wed, 4/24/13, Judy Bragg <judy at hypack.com> wrote:

From: Judy Bragg <judy at hypack.com>
Subject: Modifying Image Paths
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Cc: "judy" <judy at hypack.com>
Received: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 10:00 AM

My company is soon to begin working with translation software.

Until now, my images have been filed in a chapter subfolder. Since our
images will not be localized, I'm moving the images to a location where
they can be accessed by each language by the same path. That way, I
add/change an image once and everything updates.



The downside...I have to update the paths for all of the images in my
current English documentation.  Redefining the path for each image (or
every few images) as the interface asks for it is proving very
time-consuming and tedious.



I'm using TCS4 (FM11) on a Win7 PC. My documents typically have text
insets, images by reference, cross-references and index markers.



This morning, I thought I'd investigate whether the Insets pod would be of any help.  I've never used it for anything before

 and, curiously, when I opened it today there's nothing in it. (Not even
the toolbar pictured in the Help files.) The same thing happens with
the Reference pod.  The markers pod is populated.



Trying to get anything in the Insets and Reference pods, I've tried
selecting a single inset, the full document content, the full book
content...nothing!



If anyone has suggestions to speed things along, using pods or by some other method, I'd love to hear from you!

Thanks!

-- 

Judy Bragg
Technical Writer
HYPACK, Inc.
860-635-1500
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