Operation Manual

Pictures, Lines, and Shapes 179
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 (see above) 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.
For frames:
Click the Replace Picture button on the Picture Context toolbar.
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. 180).
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 an imported eps, Windows Metafile or Serif
Metafile to a bitmap.
6. Click Open.
7. If there's a text insertion point in the current text frame story and the
picture is too large for the frame, you'll be prompted whether to shrink
it down. Click Yes if you want to do this or click No to insert it at a
default size.