Creating an inline image

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
An image file is created (by uploading or dragging-and-dropping it) in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.
The file has an XML element that can contain text, such as a paragraph, a title, or a table caption.

Your need

You need to insert an inline image, for example in a paragraph or title.

The possibility

It is possible to create an inline image, such as an image in a paragraph or title. The image is inserted in an image element, which has a reference to the image file residing on the Skribenta file server.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to create an inline image in your content.

The result

This is the content before creating an inline image:

This is the content after creating an inline image:

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

Overall steps

Open the file, then create an inline image using a previously imported image file.

Time

1 minute

Procedure

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, put the caret where you want to create an image which is inline with your text.

3. On the top toolbar, click Inline > Image.

The Image tab opens.

4. In the Image tab, click Browse.

A folder and file structure is displayed.

5. To browse higher in the folder and file structure, click the button.

6. Click to select the desired image file.

The resource ID and file name of the selected file are displayed in the File box.

An alternative to get the desired file's resource ID, is to copy the file or an include element to the file, in the Workspace or Publications view, and then paste it into the File box.

7. In the:

Description box, type a text that will be shown as an image tooltip in Skribenta and as an alternative text if published to HTML.
Publish width box, type the image publishing width, which can be absolute, relative, or set to original size:
- Absolute: for example 10cm, 50mm, 100pt, 50px.
- Relative: for example 50%, 100%. The image publishing width is relative to the available width at the image location.
- Original size: Leave empty.
Screen width box, type the image screen width in px, pt, mm, or cm.

8. Click Apply.

An image element is created.