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=== Capturing screenshots.<br> === | |||
For information on how to capture and editing screenshots go to: -<br> | For information on how to capture and editing screenshots go to: -<br> | ||
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Gadwin - [http://www.gadwin.com/download/ www.gadwin.com/download/] | Gadwin - [http://www.gadwin.com/download/ www.gadwin.com/download/] | ||
You can then put them on the desktop or in a file and load them into the wiki. | You can then put them on the desktop or in a file and load them into the wiki. | ||
=== ==Uploading Files==<br> === | === ==Uploading Files==<br> === | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 3 December 2010
Capturing screenshots.
For information on how to capture and editing screenshots go to: -
PNGs for Screenshots wiki.modplugin.org/index.php/Capturing_Screenshots
Everyone seems to have their favourite software for this. Some free ones are:
Windows Paint - Often ready loaded on nachines using windows operating systems
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
Paint.net.- http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/ Picasa - www.sharewareguide.net/reviews/review-of-picasa.html A google app..
Teamviewer - www.teamviewer.com/download/
GIMP . gimp.en.softonic.com/ For those that are really keen as it is quite a big app. and a bit more complex
One to pay for although you get a 30day free trial.
Gadwin - www.gadwin.com/download/
You can then put them on the desktop or in a file and load them into the wiki.
==Uploading Files==
Freegle has its own section for uploads. wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Help:Managing_files
In the toolbox on the left hand side you will find upload file. You will be taken to a special page.
Click on upload and search for the photo/screenshot on your computer. Upload it and as there is only one screenshot per page give it a unique title
Your file gets its very own “File Description Page” within the File namespace of the wiki. You should edit this page to provide more information about the file. For example, many public wiki projects are quite sensitive to copyright issues, and so you should explain where you got the file from,
and what its copyright status is, on the description page. Any other useful descriptive notes could also be added there.
==Using Images ==
After you've uploaded a file, you can use it in an article, with some special wiki syntax to create the link.See Help:Images. You can put a link to it. or insert a photo. In the edit mode on the page you want to to go in, place the curser on the line. Click on th picture icon where the edit tools are, enter the page title (everything after the file:) when it shows in the preview window choose the align left right or centre and it will be placed. You can then resize on the page.
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