Operation Manual

Images, Animation, and Multimedia 191

Setting export options, title, and alternative text for

individual graphics

The Image Export Manager is a Wizard that lets you set the export file

format for individual graphics in the site, or for objects such as rotated text

that will be converted to images on export. These local, image-by-image

settings override the global settings (as set in File>Site Properties) which

WebPlus uses to determine the export format. You can run the Wizard to

check a single selected image, the current page, or the entire site. For each

image, you can save it using different methods. Either:

• Choose a specific format (GIF, JPEG, or PNG) to export to (or just defer

to site default settings). For JPEG, you can choose a level of compression.

• Save the file to a chosen path and file name on export. Perhaps you want

to add more meaningful descriptive names to images on export

(especially useful when maintaining your Web site) instead of having the

images export with automatically generated image names.

Let your own eye be the judge. Your best bet is to retain the Use site default

settings option for all images to start with. Using the original global settings,

this means that GIFs, JPEGs, and PNGs will be exported as their original files,

while any others, including QuickShapes and closed shapes, will be published

as PNGs. Then preview your site and determine if you want to vary the global

settings or try a different output format for specific images.

Even if you don't change any format settings, you can set a picture title which

will normally appear as a tooltip when the image is moused over in a browser.

You can also enter alternativee text (manually or automatically) for

accessibility reasons.

To set export format, title, and/or alternative text:

1. If you're checking just a single image, you can select it first and choose

Image Export Options... from the Format or right-click menu.

To review Web export options for images throughout your site, choose

Image Export Manager... from the Tools menu.