Chapter 16: Moving Files Into and Out of Illustrator Figure 16-2), by clicking the problem graphic in the Links panel, and then by clicking one of the following four buttons: ✓ Relink: This is the first button from the left. Click this button when your image is missing or when you want to swap the selected graphic with another graphic on your hard drive. After you click this button, the Place dialog box opens. Choose a different file or locate the missing file on your hard drive, and then click Place. The new image replaces the old one. ✓ Go to. | Chapter 16 Moving Files Into and Out of Illustrator 293 Figure 16-2 by clicking the problem graphic in the Links panel and then by clicking one of the following four buttons Relink This is the first button from the left. Click this button when your image is missing or when you want to swap the selected graphic with another graphic on your hard drive. After you click this button the Place dialog box opens. Choose a different file or locate the missing file on your hard drive and then click Place. The new image replaces the old one. Go to Link Second from the left this button is handy for locating and selecting linked graphics. Click the linked graphic in the Links panel and click the Go to Link button. This action selects the graphic in the document as if you clicked it by using the Selection tool. Clicking this button also centers the view on the graphic making the graphic easy to spot whenever you have a lot of other graphics in the document. Update Link Click this third button whenever you see the Modified warning beside a link. This action updates the selected link with the latest information from the original file. Edit Original This fourth button is available only for linked images not for embedded images. After you click this option the selected image opens in the original application that created it. The Edit Original option is a great way to modify images. After you place a Photoshop image for example click this button to launch Photoshop and open the image. In Photoshop you can make the necessary changes and then save your image. When you go back to Illustrator it asks whether you want to update your modified image. Click OK to update the information. Your goal as you work with placed images is to avoid all question marks and exclamation points in your Links panel. Fix these problems by using the buttons at the bottom of the panel. The Links panel offers a few more tidbits through its pop-up menu to help you manage links. Click the triangle in the .
