To insert an image in a document while editing in Author mode, use one
of the following methods:
- Click the
Insert
Image action from the toolbar. This opens a dialog box that allows you to
choose the image file you want to insert and configure some properties. Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin tries to reference the image with a path that is relative to that of
the document you are currently editing. For example, if you want to add the
file:/C:/project/xml/dir/img1.jpgimage into thefile:/C:/project/xml/doc1.xmldocument, Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin inserts a reference todir/img1.jpg. This is useful when multiple users work on a common project and they have it stored in multiple locations.Note: TheInsert Image action is
available for the following document types: DITA, DocBook, TEI, XHTML, JATS. - Drag an image from other application and drop it in the Author
editing mode. If it is an image file, it is inserted as a reference to the image file. For
example, in a DITA topic the path of the image file is inserted as the value of the
@hrefattribute in an<image>element:<image href="../images/image_file.png"/>Tip: To replace an image, just drag and drop a new image over the existing one. Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin will automatically update the reference to the new image. - Copy an image file from another document or another application (such as a system file browser or web browser) and paste it into your document. Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin will insert it as a reference to the image file the same as the drag/drop method.
- Select an image (or part of an image) from another application (such as an image editor), copy it, and paste it into your document. Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin will prompt you to save it. After saving the image, a reference to that file path is inserted at the paste position.