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Thanks Britt. I forgot about outline mode. Looks like I'll be able to mess with it via the Links palette afterall. -frank >You should be able to "squeeze' placed image files with the scale >tool or set a specific size in the transform palette. What you can't >do is set a specific size for one dimension and have the other >dimension stay proportionate (lame). The the scale tool is not >working for you, do you have a sticky shift key maybe? > >You can find information on linked files in the Document Info window. >Use the pop out list to go the the linked file section with your >image selected at the same time. There is less info here than I would >like, but it does list the path. > >If you are missing a file, you can delete the image directly. It will >be a blank box, only visible in outline mode. If you select it, you >should be able to designate a new image for it through the link >palette, or do a file/place/replace to get a new file to replace it. > >Britt > >> >>Frank Ippolito <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>Hey All, >> >>After becoming spoiled by the very useful features in various programs that >>allow us to view the details about- and properties of- a linked asset, I >>have found such abilities in AI 10 to be very lame. >> >>At one point I resized a linked file and AI insisted on showing the file in >>the original aspect ratio. Huh? There seemed to be no place to massage the >>file into its new shape. Another time I had a folder full of variations of >>the linked file. Nowhere can I find a way for AI to show me the path for >>the linking. In other cases I sometimes get error messages when opening a >>file whose linked asset is missing. No place it seems where I can manage >>these assets and perhaps delete the link for a long gone file. Am I >>missing something? Any such tools in AI CX? >> >>-Frank >> >> >>Do you Yahoo!? >><http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/hotjobs/hotjobs_mail_signatur e_footer_textlink/evt=23983/*http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermake over>Win >>a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > > >-- >_______________________________________ >Britt Griswold/WMAP Project >Infonetic/Maslow Media Group >NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center >Code 685 Bldg. 21 Rm 063 >Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001 >(301) 286-3381 >(301) 286-1617 FAX >(301) 286-7230 FAX >[log in to unmask] >http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov > >