Quick Start Tutorials > Inserting graphics

In addition to text you will also want to add graphics to illustrate your topics. This tutorial shows you how to add ordinary graphic images to your topics from files and by cut and paste.

You can also use Help & Manual's built-in screen capture utility to capture images of programs on your screen and insert them in your topics. In addition to graphics you can also insert video files and OLE objects from other programs.

See Graphics formats and file size for details on choosing graphics formats.

1.	Click in the position where you want to insert a graphic, then select Image in Write > Insert:

2.	This displays the Open Image dialog. Select the image you want to insert, then click on Open to insert the image in your document.

Tooltip: Displays a tooltip when the user mouseovers the image in HTML formats.

Caption: A caption displayed below the image

Spacing: Space around the image (in pixels)

Zoom% / Autosize: Resize the image or display in full size.

3.	If the image is not in your project folder you will be asked whether you want to copy it or add the path to the image location to your project.

Help & Manual allows you to use images in any location. However, it is better to store your images in a one or more graphics folders together with your project – otherwise it is very easy to lose track of your images.

You can easily move all your images to different locations later if you need to.

1.	Copy the image in your graphics program, then switch to Help & Manual and select Write > Clipboard > Paste or press Ctrl+V. The Save Image dialog is displayed with the following options:

•	File name: Give the file a descriptive name!

•	Save as type: You can save the image as a BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG or Impict IPP image. Use BMP for most purposes, Help & Manual converts and compresses BMPs automatically when you publish your project.

2.	Then just click on Save to save the graphics file. It will be inserted in the topic at the current cursor position.

After inserting you can double-click on the image to display and edit the image properties.

If you paste graphics from MS Word together with text they will be embedded directly in your topic file. This uses up a huge amount of memory and computer resources (many times the uncompressed size of the image itself) and is not recommended. Always convert embedded images to external files after pasting them from Word or other office programs.

1.	Paste the image into your topic.

2.	Right-click on the image and select Convert embedded picture.

3.	Give the image file a descriptive name and save it in your graphics folder.