Operation Manual

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 157
To import a picture from a file:
1. To place the picture:
• inline with the text - click for an insertion point in a text object.
• detached from the text - make sure all text objects are deselected.
• into a frame - create the frame and then select it.
2. In the main window:
Click the
Import Picture... button on the Tools toolbar's Picture
flyout.
In WritePlus:
Choose Picture File... from the Insert menu.
3. Use the dialog to select the picture to open.
4. Select either Embed Picture or Link Picture to include or exclude
the picture from the project, respectively. Use linked pictures to
minimize project file size. (See Embedding vs. Linking on p. 158).
5. If you select the Place at native dpi option and the picture has a
different internal setting, PagePlus will scale it accordingly; otherwise
it applies a screen resolution setting of 96 dpi. Either way—or if you
resize it downwards later on—the picture retains all its original picture
data until it’s published. Check Place as raster if you want to
permanently convert a Windows Metafile or Serif Metafile to a
bitmap.
6. Click Open.
7. If there's a text insertion point in the main window, you'll be prompted
whether to insert the picture at the current cursor position. Click Yes if
you want to do this.
The mouse pointer changes to the Picture Paste cursor if there
was no insertion point (or you answered No to the prompt). What you
do next determines the initial size and placement of the detached
picture.
8. To insert the picture at a default size, simply click the mouse.
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