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Introduction to Adobe InDesign

Course 3 - Objects and Images: Linked files

By Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer

Editorial and Typeface Designer. Campanet, Spain.
Joined November 2015
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About the video: Linked files

Overview

“In this lesson I will explain how to work with external files from the Links panel. We will see what the linked and embedded files are. We will learn the editing of external files, how to update the edited links and how to relink a file or a complete folder with several images.”

In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Linked files, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 3 - Objects and Images. Master the tools to draw and work with objects in InDesign.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, I will teach you how to work, from the links panel, external files. We will understand the difference between embedded files, and linked files. We will learn how to avoid an external file, and how to update a link you've placed in InDesign. Finally we will link an image or a complete folder again, That has many images. I will show you how it is done. Each external InDesign file, Each image you place in a document generates a link, To work with the links, you must display the corresponding panel. You go to the Window menu and at the end of all, If you have it in Spanish, says...”

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Course summary for: Course 3 - Objects and Images

  • Level: Beginner
  • 16 students
  • 9 units
  • 10 lessons (2h 14m)
  • 8 downloads

Javier Alcaraz

Javier Alcaraz
By Javier Alcaraz

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Editorial and Typeface Designer

Javier Alcaraz is a graphic designer specializing in Typographic Design and Art Direction for Editorial Design. He began his design career for Argentina newspapers and worked on developing publications and institutional communication in Ecuador. In 2004, he left Argentina for Mexico, where he worked for important publishing houses like Grupo Media and Expansión.

In 2011, he founded elcerezo, a studio that works on editorial design, branding, and typeface design for clients in Latin America and Europe, including Google, the Mexican Ministry of Culture, TetraPack, and Forbes. He currently resides in Spain.


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Course 3 - Objects and Images

By Javier Alcaraz
Editorial and Typeface Designer. Campanet, Spain.
Joined November 2015
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  • 16 students