Is there a way to tell QuarkXPress (version 5.0 here) to store image
locations as relative paths instead of absolute paths?
i.e. "..\High Res\Tiff\image1.tif" rather than "C:\Catalogs\June
04\Summerfest\High Res\Tiff\image1.tif"

Two scenarios to illuminate why this is an issue:

1. Geographically diverse (spread around the USA) design team using a
source control / document management server to store all source files,
images, photos, etc. Unless each person has their work environment set
up with exactly the same directory structure, when they pull down a
project all of the images have to be re-linked.

2. Sending a project off to a printer on CD. When they pull the files
down onto their local systems, which may be a different type (Mac vs.
PC), they have to go in and help Quark re-link the source images.

....or am I totally, completely missing something obvious?

From:	John Doherty
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:25:03 -0600

In article ,
Scoob wrote:

> Is there a way to tell QuarkXPress (version 5.0 here) to store image
> locations as relative paths instead of absolute paths?

Nope. It's just one of the dumb things about QuarkXPress (and
one of the ways that PageMaker was better).

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From:	Scoob
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:31:12 -0700

John Doherty wrote:
> In article ,
> Scoob wrote:
>
>
>>Is there a way to tell QuarkXPress (version 5.0 here) to store image
>>locations as relative paths instead of absolute paths?
>
>
> Nope. It's just one of the dumb things about QuarkXPress (and
> one of the ways that PageMaker was better).
>
> --

Thanks for the info. Guess we'll deal with it, and I assume printers
are use to it.

From:	Lee Blevins
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:07:25 -0500

Scoob wrote:

> John Doherty wrote:
> > In article ,
> > Scoob wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Is there a way to tell QuarkXPress (version 5.0 here) to store image
> >>locations as relative paths instead of absolute paths?
> >
> >
> > Nope. It's just one of the dumb things about QuarkXPress (and
> > one of the ways that PageMaker was better).
> >
> > --
>
> Thanks for the info. Guess we'll deal with it, and I assume printers
> are use to it.

And what's even stupider is that Quark still does not have an "update
all" option in its picture usage dialog.

Even at this date and the cost of that program we have to put a stapler
on the enter key to let it finish updating.

Pathetic.

From:	Brandons of mass destruction
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:28:05 -0500

In article <1gq9kuf.1jzsaot2l7mvmN%leeb@digitalgraphics.net>,
leeb@digitalgraphics.net (Lee Blevins) wrote:

>
> And what's even stupider is that Quark still does not have an "update
> all" option in its picture usage dialog.
>
> Even at this date and the cost of that program we have to put a stapler
> on the enter key to let it finish updating.

but at least you can do web pages!

From:	t2_lurking
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:50:23 -0600

LOL
I thought I was the ONLY one. I have a piece of tape on it with the words
"Quark Update Tool"

> Even at this date and the cost of that program we have to put a stapler
> on the enter key to let it finish updating.
>
> Pathetic.

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From:	Tim Monk
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:06:53 -0600

On 1/12/05 6:07 AM, "Lee Blevins" wrote:

> Even at this date and the cost of that program we have to put a stapler
> on the enter key to let it finish updating.
>
> Pathetic.

That's always been a big complaint of mine, too. They sorta' fixed this,
though. In Quark 5 and 6 hold the option key when you click Update. All the
images will update without the need for your stapler.

Hope that helps,

Tim

From:	John Doherty
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:06:10 -0600

In article , Tim Monk
wrote:

> On 1/12/05 6:07 AM, "Lee Blevins" wrote:
>
> > Even at this date and the cost of that program we have to put a stapler
> > on the enter key to let it finish updating.
> >
> > Pathetic.
>
> That's always been a big complaint of mine, too. They sorta' fixed this,
> though. In Quark 5 and 6 hold the option key when you click Update. All the
> images will update without the need for your stapler.

If there are enough pictures that need updating to worry about, I usually
just set the document's preferences to auto-update, save it, close it,
and open it again.

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From:	Ron Reeves
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2005 22:49:12 GMT

I use Bedia Big Picture. Best extension I ever
bought. It will update all modified images, tell
you the color mode, resolution and and effective
resolution of every image. It will also tell you
what fonts are used in eps's and if they have spot
colors. And a lot more. Great tool.

Ron in SE Kansas
=================================

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:06:53 -0600, Tim Monk
wrote:

>On 1/12/05 6:07 AM, "Lee Blevins" wrote:
>
>> Even at this date and the cost of that program we have to put a stapler
>> on the enter key to let it finish updating.
>>
>> Pathetic.
>
>That's always been a big complaint of mine, too. They sorta' fixed this,
>though. In Quark 5 and 6 hold the option key when you click Update. All the
>images will update without the need for your stapler.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Tim
>

From:	Lee Blevins
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:15:59 -0500

Ron Reeves wrote:

> I use Bedia Big Picture. Best extension I ever
> bought. It will update all modified images, tell
> you the color mode, resolution and and effective
> resolution of every image. It will also tell you
> what fonts are used in eps's and if they have spot
> colors. And a lot more. Great tool.
>
> Ron in SE Kansas
> =================================

I gotta have this.

How much is it? what's the url?

From:	David Longmuir
Subject:	Re: Can Quark be told to save relative paths?
Date:	Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:19:28 +1100

>
> How much is it? what's the url?

http://www.badiaxt.com/