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The Libguide of Libguides: Add Images

Adding Images from Your Computer to LibGuides

Tufts LibGuides account includes an Image Library to which you can upload images to use in your guides. Images can be added to any text box in LibGuides or to the text section of other kinds of boxes.

  1. In the text editor, go to the place in a text box that you want the image to appear and click on the image icon (picture of a tree).


  2. Click on the link (in red letters) that says "Click to upload an image from your computer or reuse an image in your personal image library." Note: You should edit the size of your image in Paint, Photoshop or another photo editing software before uploading.  Do not rely on the "Dimensions" option in the form below to resize your photo correctly.


  3. Click on the Browse button, navigate through your computer's files to the image file you want to upload, and select it.  The file location should then appear in the Browse box.


  4. Click on the Upload Image button. The image will be added to your Image Library and will appear with all of your other images.


  5. Double click on the image and then hit the Insert button.  (To insert an image already in your Image Library, skip steps 3 & 4.) 
    NOTE: You can also type the name of an image file in the Filter by File Name box to find it among your images.  (See Managing Your Image Library at left for more on this.)

  6. Depending on how you want to align the image, you can then either leave the alignment at "Not Set" or change it.  (See Aligning Images & Text for more information.)

NOTE: If you upload a new image but do not want to insert it immediately, just close the Image Manager box and hit cancel.  The uploaded image will remain available in your Image Library for later insertion into this or other guides.

Adding Images from Other Libguides and the Web

  1. In the text editor, go to the place in a text box that you want the image to appear and click on the image icon (picture of a tree).
  2. Enter the URL of the image where it says "Image URL."

    • To get the URL of an image on the Web, right-click on the image.  In Firefox, you can then click on "Copy image location" to grab it for pasting into LibGuides.  In Internet Explorer, click on "Properties" and highlight and copy the URL.
  3. Depending on how you want to align the image, you can then either leave the alignment at "Not Set" or change it.
  4. Remember that an image you link to from the Web may not stay there forever. 

 

 

Aligning Images and Text

 Default Setting

If you leave the image alignment as "Not Set" (the default), any text you type will begin to the right of the image aligned with the bottom of the image (as shown here).  If it is long enough to wrap, it will continue underneath the image. This setting is generally not ideal, as it will leave a lot of white space.

 Left-Aligned

If you want the text to appear next to the image, change the alignment drop-down menu to left.  It will then look like this.  Notice that there is also more space between the picture and the text.  This is controlled by changing the horizontal space setting from blank, or 0, to a certain number of pixels.  (Here it is set to 3.) Again, if the text is long enough it will wrap underneath the image.

Right-Aligned 

Alternatively, you can change the alignment drop-down menu to right.  It will then look like this.  This example also uses a wider horizontal space. (10 pixels instead of 3.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managing Your Image Library

As your Image Library grows, it may become harder to find a particular image you are looking for. 

The Image Library does not include a folder system for organizing your images, but there is a Filter by Filename tool that can help you locate an image you're looking for by name.

Type some text into the tool and only those images that have that text as part of their filename will appear. 

Choose your image  filenames carefully to make the tool most effective.  You might, for instance, include the name of the guide as part of the file names  Images on this page, for example, include:

  • gettingstarted-imagelibary.jpg
  • gettingstarted-addimage.jpg, and
  • gettingstarted-filter.jpg (shown below).

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