What happens when you import offline files from a catalog, and how are offline files indicated in a session?

What happens when you import offline files from a catalog, and how are offline files indicated in a session?

• A. The relink dialog box will pop-up asking whether you want to skip all, manually or automatically find and relink. Offline files will be indicated with the timeline and session status indicators in the edit window. Timeline status indicator is lit green for online and red for offline files. Session status indicates online when green and red when endangered.
• B. Import offline files automatically relinks without any prompt; offline indicator uses purple color.
• C. Import offline files automatically relinks to the first catalog.
• D. Offline files cannot be imported from catalogs.

Answer: (D)

Offline means the media cannot be found on disk, so there’s nothing to import from a catalog. Catalogs expose files that are accessible to the system; if a file is offline, it isn’t available to bring in, so the import operation won’t work for it. In a session, offline media is shown with missing or offline indicators until you locate or relink the file. To use that media, you’d first bring it online by locating or relinking, then import or relink as needed. The other options describe behaviors that require the file to be online or imply automatic relinking, which doesn’t apply when dealing with offline files from catalogs.

Offline means the media cannot be found on disk, so there’s nothing to import from a catalog. Catalogs expose files that are accessible to the system; if a file is offline, it isn’t available to bring in, so the import operation won’t work for it. In a session, offline media is shown with missing or offline indicators until you locate or relink the file. To use that media, you’d first bring it online by locating or relinking, then import or relink as needed. The other options describe behaviors that require the file to be online or imply automatic relinking, which doesn’t apply when dealing with offline files from catalogs.