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Figure 282. Insert picture dialog

Linking an image file

If the Link option in the Insert picture dialog is selected, OOo creates a link to the

file containing the image instead of saving a copy of the image in the document. The

result is that the image is displayed in the document, but when the document is

saved, it contains only a reference to the image file—not the image itself. The

document and the image remain as two separate files, and they are merged together

only when you open the document again.

Linking an image has two advantages and one disadvantage:

• Advantage – Linking can reduce the size of the document when it is saved,

because the image file itself is not included. File size is usually not a problem

on a modern computer with a reasonable amount of memory, unless the

document includes many large graphics files; OOo can handle quite large files.

• Advantage – You can modify the image file separately without changing the

document because the link to the file remains valid, and the modified image

will appear when you next open the document. This can be a big advantage if

you (or someone else, perhaps a graphic artist) is updating images.

• Disadvantage – If you send the document to someone else, or move it to a

different computer, you must also send the image files, or the receiver will not

be able to see the linked images. You need to keep track of the location of the

images and make sure the recipient knows where to put them on another

machine, so the document can find them. For example, you might keep images

in a subfolder named Images (under the folder containing the document); the

recipient of the file needs to put the images in a subfolder with the same name

(under the folder containing the document).

Note

When inserting the same image several times in the document it would

appear beneficial to create links; however, this is not necessary as OOo

embeds in the document only one copy of the image file.

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