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Illustrator CS3 - How can I remove a "linked" image???

Jan 23, 2009 9:11 AM

I have an illy file that has several "linked" images.

Some of these I wanted to keep and have embedded.

However, I would like to delete two in particular...which the images are no longer available or desired. But I see no way to do this.

I have tried to go to outline mode/wireframe view... and there are no boxes indicating where these images should go...so I can't delete those.

The two images that Illy keeps asking for when I open the file have a red ? to the right of the image names.

How can I permanently get rid of these?

Thanks.
1409 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: sonofmrsnak, Mar 15, 2013 4:34 PM
 
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  • Scott Falkner
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    1. Scott Falkner,
    Jan 23, 2009 9:16 AM   in reply to Todd-sta
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    Select image, delete. You can go to the image (which means select it and scroll to its position) using the Links palette.
     
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  • Todd-sta
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    2. Todd-sta,
    Jan 23, 2009 11:20 AM   in reply to Todd-sta
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    Not following you....

    I go to the links tab, click on the missing image with the red question mark to the right of it and hit "delete"....but nothing happens.

    What am I doing wrong? Thanks Scott.
     
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  • Ozzwoman9
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    3. Ozzwoman9,
    Jan 23, 2009 11:50 AM   in reply to Todd-sta
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    Click on the link in the links pallette. At the bottom of the links pallette there is a button that says "go to link", click that. That will show the picture in the document, then you can hit the 'delete' key.
     
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  • sonofmrsnak
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    4. sonofmrsnak,
    Mar 15, 2013 4:34 PM   in reply to Ozzwoman9
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    AI CS5. I have sometimes have missing images that do not show themselves this method. Usually a complex file with a lot of layers. Have made sure all layers are unlocked, but still cannot find the offending image. AI will nag me on every open to replace this image.

     
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