Copy and paste an external image
When working with images in the Oxygen-based editor, you can copy an image directly from your computer into a topic you're editing. Since the image doesn't exist in Inspire yet, the image is saved in the same folder as the component that you paste it into.
You can't copy and paste other binaries, such as PDFs. Although you can do many of the same things with a PDF file that you can with an image, copy and paste is not one of them. To add a PDF file to a topic, you must import it first and then insert it. Follow the steps in Insert a PDF file into a topic.
External image options. There are a few different ways you can get an external image into a topic.
- Import it into Inspire. Follow the steps in Import an image.
- Use drag-and-drop to add and import. Follow the steps in Drag and drop an image into a document.
- Specify the address where it's located using a URL, so you don't have to import it into Inspire. Follow the steps in Insert an external image.
To copy and paste an image into a document:
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In the
Components browser, double-click the component that you want to add an image to.
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From a local folder or an image editor, select the image that you want to add to the Oxygen topic.
Oxygen supports the following formats:- EPS (The Encapsulated Post Script graphic only displays in Oxygen when the graphic was created with a preview in the source application. For example, Adobe Illustrator.)
- BMP
- GIF (animations not supported yet)
- JPG, JPEG
- PNG
- SVG, WMF
- TIFF
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On the Import External Images screen, click Yes.
Results: - You see a message that the import process has successfully completed.
- You also receive a notification when the import completes.
- If the import fails, you receive a notification with a list of issues found with the imported files.
- You see a message that the import process has successfully completed.