Here, my InDesign file is in the same folder as a Links folder that contains all of the images that I'm going to use in Data Merge. I do have to get each path separately but it's a much shorter path. So yes, the png file is five folders deep on iCloud. This should prompt a dropdown menu from which you should select “From file” and then “From folder. Remember, here's my absolute path, here are my relative paths, and what this notation here really means is InDesign. Here is the file path of a png file I want to merge into an InDesign document. To import image directories in excel, go to the data tab at the top of the page and press the “Get Data” button. Additionally, do not have your datasource file saved to this directory yet, as it will also be imported which could misorder the images as well. Even if you have an alphabetized list of names, if just one photo associated with a name is missing, then all the names listed after will be paired with the wrong image. If you do intend on importing image data into excel, I would recommend doing it before adding any other information as images are always imported in alphabetical order. It is possible within Excel to import the file names and directories from a folder, which may be convenient if you’re working with lots of images. Obviously though, this will vary depending on where the files are saved. (C:\Users\\Documents\Images\john-smith.jpg). I tried to use relative and absolute paths and still no joy. Next, open the Data Merge panel (Window > Utilities > Data Merge), choose Select Data Source from the panel menu, and choose that CSV file (it’s in the same folder as the images you want to import). If your image files are stored in such a way that this isn’t possible, then you can put the full directory which would likely look something like I try a catalog available, but could not get the images to import through the fusion of data. The path describes where InDesign can find those images what folder they’re in. That way, simply putting the file name and extension will find the correct file (john-smith.jpg). For the sake of simplicity, I’d recommend placing your datasource within the folder containing all your images. InDesign searches file paths relative to the location of the datasource file, which in this case is our excel document.
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