5 Replies Latest reply: Sep 10, 2014 9:35 AM by Muppet Mark RSS

    smart collection of image files linked to InDesign documents?

    goldaochacademy Community Member
    goldaochacademy Sep 9, 2014 11:04 AM

      I would like to create a Smart Collection that finds all of the image files linked to InDesign documents in a specific folder.
      I am the yearbook advisor at school and I need to easily find all of the images that have been placed so that we don't reuse images by mistake.

      I have no scripting experience, so I can't create something myself, and I haven't been able to find anything that does such a thing.

       

      Many yearbook design software programs do offer something like this - indicating that an image has been used previously.

       

      I guess it would need to look at the metadata of the InDesign Files for the Linked Files and then pit all of the files found there into a Smart Collection.  Ideally, I would be able to further limit it by file type. ANd to not include Master pages if so desired (although that would just be a bonus!)

       

      I greatly appreciate any assistance anyone can give.

       

      Thanks!