"Apply to All" checkbox or "Replace All" button are missing AGAIN
Apply to All option for missing/replacing links is missing again in version 28.5. Now instead of being able to click that and replace all links I know have to do the relink step up to 30 times every print file.
I have no words, but this solution is missing again form both the latest Beta and the GA. There is no new information on it. As soon as anything gets known — the status will be updated again. I am so sorry.
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Scott Tofte commented
Will the apply all or replace all checkboxes be restored in the next update? When can we expect this to be released?
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Orhan Tekiş commented
Please restore the "APPLY ALL" or "REPLACE ALL" checkbox. This is a very important feature, especially for us packaging graphic designers who have to do assembly. For example, there are 30 boxes in an assembly and it is necessary to replace them with another box of the same size. We could do this with a single click using the "CHANGE ALL or APPLY ALL" command. What is Adobe's purpose in removing this command? Are we causing trouble for Adobe users? Is it to provide convenience to companies selling assembly programs?
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Virginia García commented
Esto atrasa!!! y nos hace perder mucho tiempo. como puede ser que no lo solucionen??
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Glenn Johnson commented
Please restore the "Apply to All" check box. The functionality it provides is unlike anything that exists with the current version of Illustrator. Many times a day I need to replace duplicated images (sometimes 200 times per artboard) with a DIFFERENT named file. It was one click using the "Apply to All" but without it, I am forced to click 200+ times each time! Please bring back the "Apply to All" check box. All of us in the printing industry (and may others) will thank you for it.
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Preprensa 3 Contartese commented
Aún no han solucionado esto. No puedo creer que nadie de Adobe preste atención a como trabajamos realmente con sus programas. Nos están complicando el flujo de trabajo. Perdemos tiempo y es irritante. Muchos tenemos que volver a versiones anteriores para poder recuperar esa opción. Es absurdo.
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Ton commented
Yes, but it has changed a couple of times, but yes, I just tested 27.0 (AI 2023) and that found missing links in the same folder.
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Stéphanie Noverraz commented
Ton,
but there used to be something similar before this version, right? I've always been able to replace the missing links automatically in the past, as long as they were in the same folder. ^_^
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Ton commented
Stéphanie, that is probably because it is unchecked by default.
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Stéphanie Noverraz commented
Thanks so much Ton.
I have no idea how this box became unchecked! -
Ton commented
Stéphanie, that is a different problem, which version do you have? Relative links are a new feature in 28.5.
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/manage-linked-and-embedded-files.html#move-files -
Stéphanie Noverraz commented
Just to make things clear, "Apply to All" or "Replace All" won't suffice.
I don't want to replace all links with the same file, I need Illustrator to find all the various linked files that I put in the Links folder.
I work on a Mac but everybody else in the company works on Windows (with a Sharepoint Cloud) and every time I reopen documents, I need to re-link all the backgrounds.
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Dana commented
This feature needs to be fixed. Whoever made this intentional decision clearly doesn't understand this function in a practical work setting. We are not seeking to relink "missing" files. We are replacing with new files intentionally. Not restoring this function is choosing to sabotage the work of Illustrator users who have relied upon this function for seamless workflow.
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Dana commented
Can you please tell us when this feature will be fixed? It truly is important to my daily work! Thank you
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Paul Thompson commented
I have stated before, I work in the label printing trade, I have just done some step & repeat files with 220 stepped syringe labels for the pharmaceutical industry. Please update as soon as possible, I re downloaded 2023 version just to get over 20 jobs done.
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Stéphanie Noverraz commented
Illustrator 28.5 on Mac Ventura 13.5.2
When opening files containting missing Links, I used to be able to change the path to my "Links" folder just once, and then Illustrator would re-link all the files found in that folder automatically.
For the last few weeks, I have had to re-link manually every single image, even when it's the exact same file that is found across several documents.
It's irritating. Is there something I can do?
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Ton commented
Here is how it worked before the update. If Illustrator cannot find a file and you want to replace it by some other file, check Apply to All, locate the new file and click Replace.
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Demos are cool. Here is one showing how Fast Relink script works.
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Jim commented
Put back the Replace All button when updating links.
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Taryn Cassell commented
Ajabon's diagram is perfect, that is exactly the way we use this feature and how we need it to work
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monokano commented
The batch replacement technique using “Apply to All” checkbox is characterized by deliberately causing missing links to display a missing link alert. This technique is almost like a hidden trick.
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「すべてに適用」チェックボックスを使った一括置換手法は、リンク切れをわざと起こしてリンク切れアラートを表示させるという特徴があります。この手法は、ほとんど裏技のようなものです。