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Creating an Update Associated Files Task

To create an Update Associated Files task:

Click Update Associated Files on the sidebar, or click Tasks > Update Associated Files.
In the dialog box, type a new title for the task or leave the default in Task title.
Specify the seed file in Seed file path name.
The seed file defines the starting point for the Update Associated Files task. The seed file and any files referenced by it are updated. You control the scope of the search for referenced files when you specify the folders and file types to search and whether or not to limit the search to direct references only.
1. Click Browse.
2. Select the file type of the seed file in Files of type.
3. Browse to the seed file, then click Open.

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