Inserting images

You can insert images in both Page view and Source view of the HTML Editor. You can define attributes for the inserted image in the Image Properties dialog box.

Table 5-1: Attributes you can set in the Image Properties dialog box

Image properties page

IMG element attributes definable through user interface

Image

SRC, ALT, LOWSRC, ISMAP, USEMAP, ID

Layout

ALIGN, WIDTH, HEIGHT, HSPACE, VSPACE, BORDER

Video

DYNSRC, CONTROLS, START, LOOP

Inline Styles

All inline style attributes (see Chapter 4, “Working with Style Sheets and Framesets”)

Advanced

All attributes and attribute values you want to set for the image object

StepsTo insert an image:

  1. Put the insertion point where you want to insert the image.

  2. Select Insert>Image from the menu bar.

    The Image Properties dialog box displays.

    Shown is the Image tab page of the Image Properties dialog box. At top is an Image Location field with a Browse button, a text field for Alternative Text, a field for Low Resolution with a browse button, an Image Maps area with a check box labeled Use a server side image map and a drop down labeled Corresponding < MAP > object for a client side image map. At bottom is a text box labeled I D for scripting with the entry I M G 1.
  3. Click the Browse button (...) to select an image file using the URL Picker

    or

    Type the URL for the image in the Image Location text box.

  4. Set other image attributes as needed, and click OK.