I've used the "search and replace path in a MIF file" method when my image links have come back broken from a translation round and I need to get the files out ASAP (ie, rather than return them to the translators to be fixed).
It works just fine. Just be sure to make copies of everything before you do the search and replace. Also, you might do a few updates through Frame first so you know exactly what path to use as the replacement. Alison From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of N M Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 7:34 AM To: [email protected]; Judy Bragg Cc: judy Subject: Re: Modifying Image Paths 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 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: From: Judy Bragg <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Modifying Image Paths To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: "judy" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]</mc/[email protected]>. Send list messages to [email protected]</mc/[email protected]>. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]</mc/[email protected]> or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to [email protected]</mc/[email protected]>. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
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