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Contribute Tutorial
Edit Images
In Contribute 4, users can now insert and edit images with
new inline editing capabilities (see Figure 1) built right
into the application.
Figure 1. Image editing toolbar (bottom)
Note: These options will not be available
if the Contribute user belongs to a user role that is restricted
from editing images.
To edit an image:
- Browse to select the page that contains the image you wish
to edit.
- Click the Edit Page button.
- Select the image. Contribute places a light blue border
around the graphic and displays the image editing toolbar
automatically.
You can also access any of the image editing tools by selecting
Format > Edit Image and by selecting one of the options
from the submenu. You can also simply right-click the image
and select Edit Image from the pop-up menu.
The Resize button (leftmost button on the
image editing toolbar) works as follows:
- Select the image you want to resize.
- Click the Resize button.
- Drag one of the selection handles to the desired image
size by holding down the Shift key while dragging a selection
handle. This resizes the image without distorting the dimensions.
Clicking either Rotate button (circles with
arrows) rotates an image counter-clockwise or clockwise. Clicking
the Rotate button multiple times rotates the image further
in the same direction.
The Sharpen button (triangle) increases the
contrast of the pixels around the edges of the selected item,
enabling you to improve the image's definition or sharpness.
The Brightness/Contrast button (half-filled
circle) alters the brightness and contrast of the pixels within
the selected image. Use this option when you need to correct
images that are too dark or too light. This feature works best
on photographs.
The four Align controls align an image two
ways: You can either change the alignment of an image on the
page (for example, where an image appears in a table cell)
or you can change how the image aligns within the surrounding
elements.
To change the alignment of an image, select the image and
click an alignment option in the image editing toolbar.
To change the alignment of an image in relation to the surrounding
elements (so they can flow around it, for example), do one
of the following:
- Double-click the image and select an option from the Alignment
pop-up menu in the Image Properties dialog box
- Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) the image
and select an option from the Align pop-up menu
Contribute aligns the image in relation to surrounding elements,
such as text.
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