Replacing linked images
You use the Links palette to replace a linked image with another linked image. By default, the new image adopts the size, placement, and transformation status of the original linked image. Using the Placement Options dialog box, you can change the placement options for any link you place or replace. For example, you can specify that the new image resets the original image's bounding box so that the new image's shape and alignment are not altered.
To replace a link with a new linked image: - Select a link in the Links palette.
- Choose one of the following:
- Click the Replace Link button
at the bottom of the palette. - Choose Replace from the Links palette menu.
- Select the file to replace the linked image in the Place dialog box, and click OK. The new image retains the size, placement, and transformation characteristics of the image that it replaced.
To change the placement of the linked image: - Choose Placement Options from the Links palette menu.
- Choose one of the following from the Preserve pop-up menu:
- Transforms resizes the bounding box for the new image upon placement, while preserving transformations.
- Proportions (Fit) uniformly scales the image to fit in the bounding box. This option preserves the aspect ratio of the image, filling the bounding box in one direction, but possibly not the other.
- Proportions (Fill) uniformly scales the image to fill the bounding box. This option preserves the aspect ratio and may cause the image to overlap the bounding box in one direction.
- File Dimensions places the image without scaling. The image may fit within the bounding box or overlap it.
- Bounds resizes the image to fit in the bounding box; in most cases the image will be stretched.
- Select a point on the Alignment icon from where you want to align the image, relative to the bounding box.
- If you want to keep the image from overlapping the bounding box, select Clip to Bounding Box. This option is not available for all Methods.
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