Add an Inline Image
An inline image is a small picture that appears in the flow of the text, for example, an icon that appears inside a paragraph. In the following image, a save icon has been added as an inline image in a step in a procedure.
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There are separate sections that explain how to Add an Image, Add a Figure, and Add Side-By-Side Images.
There are several ways to add an inline image to a topic:
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You can use Keyboard Shortcuts to add images, figures, inline images and side-by-side images.
When you edit a topic, you have access to the Insert menu with different image types (figure, image, inline image, or side-by-side images).
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Place your cursor where you want to add an image. The position of the cursor is important, as you can only add an image where it is valid. For example, if you are inserting an image or figure, you could place the cursor after a
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Select the Insert menu.
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Select Image and then select the type of image you want to add:
Paligo adds the image elements that are needed for the structure.
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In the dialog that opens, browse or search for the image in your Media library.
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If the dialog does not open automatically, right-click on the placeholder icon for the image and select Image browser.
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If the image is not in the Media library yet, you can upload it directly in this dialog by using the upload icon in the top-right.
To find out more about uploading images, see Upload Images.
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Select the image to insert it into your topic.
Note
To use alt text in PDF outputs, it is important that you do not use tagged PDFs as images. For PDFs to use alt text, the layout has to have Generate tagged PDF enabled. The PDF processor cannot complete the publishing if your content contains tagged PDFs as images and Generate tagged PDF is enabled. You will need to use untagged PDFs as images or use different types of image files.
If you try to publish content that has a tagged PDF embedded as an image and the Generate tagged PDF enabled, you will get a "production failed" error.
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Select Save.
"Drag and drop" is a quick way to add an image to a topic and upload it into your media library at the same time.
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Place your cursor where you want to add an inline image, for example, inside a
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On your computer, find the image file that you want to add to your topic and drag it onto the topic.
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Select the blue menu at the top of the dialog to select where to upload the images.
The blue menu displays a hierarchical view of your media library folders.
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Decide whether you want Paligo to compare your new images to images in the selected folder only, or images in child folders too.
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Check the Update existing in any folder box to set Paligo to look in the selected folder and any of its descendant folders (child folders).
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Clear the Update existing in any folder box to set Paligo to look only in the root of the selected folder.
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Decide whether you want your new files to update any existing files of the same name.
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Check the Update box to replace an existing image with your new image.
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Clear the Update box to upload the new image in addition to the existing image.
This will mean you have multiple images with the same name. You can rename the images in the Content Manager to make them easier to manage.
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You may be able to save time by selecting the Update all existing box, which automatically selects all of the update boxes at once.
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Check the Remove whitespace box if you want Paligo to automatically remove any unnecessary white space (empty areas) from the edges of your image. This only applies if your image is AI. EPS, or PDF.
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Select Upload.
Paligo uploads your image to the media library and inserts it as an inline image in your topic. You can close the Upload Images dialog.