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Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

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In a previous trick, I showed how we can export all the paths, link information and so on and so forth in a script.


Step 1

Some people are not fans of scripts and for them I have another trick up my sleeve, namely that we can also export this information, which can be found under links.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 2

To do this, simply click on the small menu and then you have all kinds of options under Copy information.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 3

However, I first have to select a file and then I have several options under Copy information, such as Copy full path, Copy platform style path, Copy all link information. I'll do that once now.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 4

Now I go to a text editor, in my case TextPad, and paste what I have in my clipboard. Now I can see all the information in the file.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 5

Not bad, but maybe I want to know the information of all files, so I select all files with the Shift key pressed and go to Copy information>Copy info for selected shortcuts.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 6

When I paste this back into my TextPad, I don't see quite as much information. I can only see the name of the file, the status and the page.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 7

But I would still like to know the path, the resolution and the color space. How can I do that? It's not that difficult, I click on the small menu icon again and then on Control panel options.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 8

There you can then click on anything that interests you. For example, the color space, the path and the size.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 9

Then we see that all the information is already displayed in the shortcuts.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 10

Via Copy information>Copy information for selected links ...

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links

Step 11

... we paste the contents of the clipboard back into a text editor and see all the information that is available to us.

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Export file information of all links