Specifying how to update links

You can set a preference to specify how to update linked images when the original files change.

To specify how to update links:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Files & Clipboard (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Illustrator > Preferences > Files & Clipboard (Mac OS X).
2. Choose an update method from the Update Links pop-up menu:
• Automatically to have Illustrator update linked images automatically when the original files are modified.
• Manually to leave linked images unchanged when the original files are modified. You can use the Links palette to identify linked images whose originals have been modified and to update these images. (See Using the Links palette.)
• Ask When Modified to display a dialog box when the original files are modified. In the dialog box, click Yes to update the linked image or click No to leave it unchanged.