Apologies.

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I fear that this is a very basic question, but still I ask. I've put several images in one of my drawing. When I copy the file and take it elsewere, the reference to these images is gone and they are just displayed as red crosses. Is there a possibility to "embed" the images IN the file? Like the way PDF files sometimes are? From the 'Effects' menu, go to 'Images', and select 'Embed all images'.

> From the 'Effects' menu, go to 'Images', and select 'Embed all images'. > (...) > I'm surprised this one isn't in the FAQ. Sidenote, but don't you think this is extremely confusing location for this very function? Nobody, ever, thinks about embedding images as about some graphics effect. It is natural to search for such a function somewhere nearby save/export, or maybe within document properties (distinction between normal SVG and 'SVG Complete' or so...).

Agree. Another option: How about just right-clicking on any image with an "embed image" option.

Even worse than what we have now. I suspect in 99.9% of cases if somebody wants to embed images, he wants to embed them all.

Rob Antonishen wrote: >> Even worse than what we have now. I suspect in 99.9% of cases if >> somebody wants to embed images, he wants to embed them all. > If that is really true (and I would suspect it is) then the program's Note: he said "in 99.9% of cases if someone want to *embed* images", no *use* images. > default behaviour should be changed to embed all images, and require a > user to explicitly select linked images. Embedded images are Base64 encoded, to the file size grow very fast and you can easily get to something huge. This is why you may want to embed selectively. As for where the option should be, I think the most elegant would be a check box in the Save As dialog and the option should be remembered and used as default at the next save (of the same or another document).

>Is there a possibility to "embed" the images > IN the file? Like the way PDF files sometimes are? From the 'Effects' menu, go to 'Images', and select 'Embed all images'. I'm surprised this one isn't in the FAQ. Perhaps someone with an account on the wiki could add it.