Add and Edit a Picture
To
add a picture to a text editing control, place the cursor where you
want the picture to be added and switch to the Insert tab in the
Editing Tools ribbon. Open the drop-down menu under the button to
expose the options to upload an image from your computer (From
Computer), select an image somewhere else on the web using its address
(From Address), or select a picture that was already uploaded to the
site (From SharePoint), as shown in Figure 6.
This last option is not always available and may be either missing from
the menu or disabled, depending on the configuration of the site. The
following sections describe these options in detail.
After you add a picture to the page, click the picture to expose the Picture Tools ribbon (see Figure 7).
On this ribbon you see the Change Picture button, which works like the
Picture button. You also have the option to set the alternative text
for the image (for users whose browsers do not support images, or in
case the image cannot be loaded) using the Alt Text box. You can also
configure the image’s size by typing a custom size, and you can resize
by dragging and dropping the borders of the image. This
ribbon also enables you to choose a border for the image (using the
Image Styles button drop-down) and the position for the image.
Use a Picture from Your Computer
To use a picture you have
on your computer in a page, choose the From Computer option in the
Picture drop-down described in the preceding section. This opens the
Select Picture dialog, which allows you to specify the picture to
upload from your computer and the library in SharePoint to upload it to.
Note
If the From SharePoint
option is not available in the site you are using, From Computer is the
default behavior for the Picture button, so you can simply click the
button instead of opening the drop-down menu.
You choose the file you want
by clicking the Browse button, choose the library, and click OK to
upload. Depending on the settings for the library you chose, a dialog
may ask for the picture’s properties. After you fill in the required
properties and click Save, the picture is uploaded to the library and
added to the page.
Use a Picture Using an Address
To use a picture that exists on
the web (that is, was already uploaded to the site or on another
website), you open the Picture drop-down (refer to Figure 6)
and select the From Address option. This opens the Select Picture
dialog, which allows you to specify the picture’s address and the
alternative text that will be displayed if the picture is not available
or if the user’s browser doesn’t support images (see Figure 8).
