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Via the Select Image dialog
Toeitherimportanimageintoatemplateoruseanexternalimageinatemplate,theSelectImagedia-
logcanbeused:
1. Positionthecursorinthecontentwhereyouwanttheimagetobeinserted.
2. OntheInsertmenu,clickImage.Or,clicktheInsert Imagebuttononthetoolbar.TheSelect
Imagedialogappears.
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ClickResources,DiskorUrl,dependingonwheretheimageislocated.
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ResourcesliststheimagesthatarepresentintheImagesfolderontheResources
pane.
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Disklistsimagefilesthatresideinafolderonaharddrivethatisaccessiblefrom
yourcomputer.ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselectafolder(oranimageinafolder).
Asanalternativeitispossibletoenterthepathmanually.Youcangivealocalpath
(e.g.C:\Images\Test.jpg)orusethe"file"protocol.Thecompletesyntaxofafully
qualifiedURLwiththe"file"protocolis:file://<host>/<path>.Note:ifthehost
is"localhost",itcanbeomitted,resultinginfile:///<path>,forexample:
file:///c:/resources/images/image.jpg.
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Urllistsimagefilesfromaspecificwebaddress.Selecttheprotocol(httporhttps),
andthenenterawebaddress(forexample,http://www.mys-
ite.com/images/image.jpg).
Note: IfaURLdoesn'thaveafileextension,andtheoptionSavewithtemplateis
notselected,theSelectImagedialogautomaticallyaddsthefiletypeparameter
withthefileextensionasitsvalue(forexample:?filetype=pdf(ifitisthefirst
parameter)or&amp;filetype=pdf).
Thefiletype,pageandnopreviewparametersarenotsenttothehost;theyare
usedinternally.Therefore,URLsthatrelyononeoftheseparameterscannotbe
used.
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Withanexternalimage,youcanchecktheoptionSave with template.Ifthisoptionis
checked,thefilewillbeinsertedintheImagesfolderontheResourcespaneatthetop
left.
Ifitisn'tsavedwiththetemplate,theimageremainsexternal.Notethatexternalimages
needtobeavailablewhenthetemplateismergedwitharecordsettogenerateoutput,and
thattheirlocationshouldbeaccessiblefromthemachineonwhichthetemplate'soutputis
produced.Externalimagesareupdated(retrieved)atthetimetheoutputisgenerated.
3. IftheimageisaPDFfilethatconsistsofmorethanonepage,selectthedesiredpage.
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