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An image or a file from another program (an "object") can be inserted in a Nota Bene document. Nota Bene supports over 150 image formats. BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF are the most common ones, but many other formats are also supported.
The easiest way to insert an image (or other object), is by copying and pasting. The image will be inserted with a frame and it will be automatically resized to fit in the . A frame is a window within a Nota Bene document that contains an image or other object. The frame is used to enable you to resize or move the image and to control how text wraps around the frame/image. You will see the black borders of the frame when it it inserted, but these borders can be changed or hidden. See Borders for Frames.
To insert an image:
| 1 | Use File Explorer to locate the JPG or other file that you wish to insert into a Nota Bene file. |
| 2 | Copy the image to the clipboard by clicking on it and pressing Ctrl+C (or by selecting Copy from the menu). |
| 3 | Place your cursor at the point in the Nota Bene file where you wish to insert the image and press Ctrl+V to paste. |
While using copy/paste to insert an image is best for most purposes, using the menu gives you more options and control.
| 1 | Click Insert, Image/Object, Insert Image/Object. The Images & Objects Select dialog will appear on your screen. |
| 2 | Select one of the following: |
| • | New Image or Object. Select the program you want to use for creating the new object |
| • | Existing File as Image or Object. Enter the path and filename in the appropriate field or click on the "..." button to browse for the appropriate file. If you select Existing Object, you also will need to choose whether to make it a Linked Object (by clicking the Set Link button) or an embedded Object (by clicking the Embed Copy button). An embedded copy in your document will not change even if you later make changes to the file that was the source of the image/object that you are inserting in your NB file. |
| 3 | Click to check or uncheck the Frame Image/Object box to indicate whether you want a frame or not. Framing is normally recommended in virtually every situation. The presence of a frame allows text to flow around the image, and it makes it easier to move and edit the frame/image. |
| 4 | Click to check or uncheck the Display Image/Object as Icon box. If you choose this option, the full object will not display, just a marker for it. If you leave this object unchecked, the object will appear in Page Layout view proportionally to how it will print out. |
When an image with a frame is inserted, you will see the image, white space around the image (gutters), the black outlines of the frame (borders), white space between the frame and any text that wraps around the image (the inset). All of this can be adjusted to meet your specifications. The image can be resized or cropped. , and the gutters and insets (the amount of white space inside and outside of the frame) can be changed. For example, you could change the color of the borders of the frame, or you could hide the borders so that the frame is invisible, and you could adjust the amount of space that surrounds image. See Editing Frames/Graphics in Place and Edit Frame/Graphic Dialog.
Normally, an image or other object should be inserted within a frame. Text will not wrap around an object that does not have a frame.
If you would like to insert an image without a frame and have it centered with the text before and after flush left:
| 1 | End the current line with a paragraph marker (press Enter), or, if you are in an indented region, and want the following text to continue without an indent, use Alt+Enter. |
| 2 | Add another line (press Enter or Alt+Enter). |
| 3 | Go to the beginning of the line you entered in step 2 and center it (Ctrl+E or Format, Paragraph, Center) |
| 4 | Insert another line (or go the beginning of the next line of text), and insert a flush left command (Ctrl+L or Format, Paragraph, Left Align). |
| 5 | Return to the blank line that you centered, and insert the image, following the instructions above with the frame option unchecked. |
See also:
Objects (OLE) and Frames Overview
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