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Homepage Back Site Contents Map Main Pages Audit Standards Procedure Clickboard Sections Steps Various Emails Toolbar Etc Downloads Reference Download Plexel Page Index A to Z Contact us Toolbar Etc - Operating and Programming Plexel Image Compression and Inserting Images - Compression and putting images (pictures) in the page. New Picture. Details for putting in images using the New Form. Double tick boxes: The right hand box sets the assumed value of the left one. This is a way to remember your standard preference. For example if you nearly always wrap text then tick the right hand box. FRAMED: selects whether the image has a border. TITLE: selects whether the image has a written description below it. TOP: Inserts the picture at the top of column rather than the bottom Image file sizes more than 100K are not recommended. Also use Edit + JPEG Optimiser to compress images (see link in col3). SEE BOX AT BOTTOM OF PAGE Image - Editing images in Plexel. JPEGOptimiser - JPEGOptimizer. A useful program for batch compressing jpg images without losing quality. Paint Shop Pro - Works with Plexel by using the Graphics toolbar button. Step7 - Making pictures

LEFT and WRAP: selects the alignment and text wrapping (flowing) of the image. Note that Netscape 4.7x has a few problems with image display so always check pages with modern browsers. LEFT & WRAP: Left align image. Wrap (flow) text or images to the right. WRAP only: Right align image. Wrap (flow) text or images to the left. LEFT only: Left align image. Text appears below image. Neither: Center image. Text appears below image. [By text it means text written below the HTML of the picture.] The effect of the above 4 settings is to change what the picture HTML has for the ALIGN tag i.e. LEFT and WRAP: <TABLE BORDER="0" ..... ALIGN="LEFT"> WRAP only: <TABLE BORDER="0" ..... ALIGN="RIGHT"> LEFT only: <TABLE BORDER="0" ..... ALIGN=""> Neither: <TABLE BORDER="0" ..... ALIGN="CENTER"> You can experiment directly with these. To turn off wrapping for what follows the wrapped text use <BR CLEAR="ALL">. The sequence is first put the image in with the WRAP box ticked. Then write your text under the picture, and finally use <BR CLEAR="ALL"> at the end of the text or <BR CLEAR="ALL"><BR>. Notes on wrapping: 1. Wrapping is when the the lines of text flow down one side of the image. 2. Text below the picture HTML will wrap up to fill the space to the left or right of the image. Text above the picture HTML will not wrap. 3. If you want say a first sentence to wrap but not the second then add <BR CLEAR="ALL"> at the end of the first sentence to clear (i.e. stop) wrapping. Then the second sentence will appear below the image as if not wrapped. IMAGES IN A ROW --------------- If you want two images in the same horizontal line you do this:- 1. Make sure the % column width of the two pictures adds up to less than 100%. 2. First picture do with LEFT and WRAP ticked. It will be on the left border. 3. a) Second picture with WRAP only. The right image will sit on the right border. b) with LEFT and WRAP ticked. The right image will directly follow the left one. 4. Below the second picture HTML put <BR CLEAR="ALL"> unless you want to wrap text. The last step ensures that text below the picture HTML will appear below the two pictures on the screen. To do three images in a row:- 1. Make sure the % column width of the three pictures adds up to less than 100%. 2. All three pictures do with LEFT and WRAP ticked. All three will directly follow each other. 3. Below the third picture HTML put <BR CLEAR="ALL"> unless you want to wrap text. Site written by John Middlemas