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Subject:Re: Follow-up and Question on large Word docs From:Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 Jul 2012 13:48:55 -0500
I haven't used the linking feature for quite a while, but I don't
think it was a Word problem. To my best recollection, it was because
there was no way to ensure that a doc wouldn't be moved. If it is,
then the links break, and you have to re-insert the graphics. The only
way to do that correctly was to name the graphic something that could
be tracked--a lot of extra effort when lots of graphics are involved.
There were a lot of other issues too, including use of a CMS.
So, I stopped linking :-)
I imagine the same things will happen now, perhaps with more issues,
as increasingly often files are on servers, etc.
It is a handy idea, and I haven't worked with Frame enough to know if
the same problems would occur.
Waiting to see other suggestions that might resolve these issues...
Kathleen
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Greetings from hot & humid Pittsburgh!
>
> You might recall a couple of months ago I asked for advice on developing large docs in Word, and your feedback has been extremely helpful, thank you! My docs are nice and clean and so far compile without a hitch.
>
> A question about graphics. I finally figure out how to import screen shots by reference using Link to File. However, if I edit and save the capture the new version does not show up in Word the way it does in FM, and I have to import it again.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks, happy hot weekend,
> KAthee
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