Carla's point about using one graphic for all linked uses is the
simplest. However, the single central folder of all graphics could be
confusing.
Has anyone successfully employed operating system links, aliases, or
shortcuts in project-specific graphics folders for this purpose? The
idea is that you can have project-specific directory structures that
only contain links to the source graphics that are stored in a
central location. Each project's graphics directory contains only the
project's graphic links. FM files in each project refer to the link,
not to the source.
The advantages are fewer graphics (links) to manage for each project,
and a single graphic source for multiple uses.
The disadvantage is setting it up and retraining authors to use the
new approach.
I know that unix links are reliable, and that the reliable Macintosh
aliases are not an option past FM 7.0. Is anyone using Windows
shortcuts?
Regards,
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
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At 11:09 AM -0600 12/8/05, Martinek, Carla wrote:
We reference all graphics into our documents. Currently we have a
couple of thousand graphics stored centrally in the same folder
location. While it can be a bit cumbersome to maintain that many
graphics in the same folder, it ends up helping us in the long run
because if a graphic is updated, it gets updated in *all* locations
where it is used. Previously we had project-specific graphic folders,
and we found that the same graphic might be updated for one manual, but
not for another.
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