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Figures & Pictures
Figures and pictures can be scaled and cropped. The space above and below a
picture or figure can be adjusted and they can be given borders on any or all
of their sides.
Pictures can be inserted into a line of text or be inserted between paragraphs
in picture frames or as figures (pictures with a caption). Text can flow around
pictures.
The position and style of the text in the caption of figures can be controlled.
Types of picture
EasiWriter can accept, Sprites, Drawfiles, GIFs, JPEGs, PNGs, Photo CD, TIFF,
Animator and animated GIFs.
To insert a picture into a frame
- Position the caret near the end of the paragraph you want the picture frame
to follow.
- Click on the Picture button or choose Picture from the
Structures menu.
A frame will open after the paragraph containing the caret. It will be
highlighted in red to show that it is selected.
- Drag a Picture file icon into the document.
To insert a picture into text
- Set the caret in the text where you want to insert the picture.
- Drag a Picture file icon into the document.

Flowing text around pictures
EXT
can be made to flow around pictures to
give special effects such as the illuminated letter at the beginning of this
paragraph or the illustration to the right. The justification commands let you
position the picture to the left or right, its vertical position is controlled
by dragging with the Control key held down.
- Click in the text where you want the picture to be inserted.
- Drag, save or cut & paste the picture into the text.
- Click on either the left or right justify icon.
Notes
- Graphics can be 'stacked' side by side.
- To remove the 'flow' property click on the graphic and click on the
depressed Left or Right justify button to deselect it.
- If the caret is in the first line of a paragraph pictures will be centred
about that line. Move them using Ctrl-Drag.
- If the caret is in the second or a subsequent line the top of the picture
will be positioned under the line above. You can move pictures up and down by
dragging - watch the position of the ghost cursor.
- Alter the spacing between picture and text by selecting the picture and
dragging its margins or by double-clicking on it and changing the cropping
values.
To move a picture
In-line pictures can be moved up and down with respect to the text that
contains them. Picture frames can be moved sideways.
When you move the pointer into a selected picture
it changes to a 'hand' indicating that you can move the picture.
In-line pictures
- Click on the picture to select it.
- Hold down Ctrl, press Select on the picture and drag it up or
down.
Picture frames
- 1 Click on the picture to select it.
2 Hold down Ctrl, press Select on the picture and drag
sideways, or
2 Click the Left, Right or Centre alignment icons.
Scaling a picture
Pictures can be scaled by dragging Adjust in their corners or by editing
the Scale % in the Picture Format dialogue box.
- Select the picture and choose Change... from the Format menu
or
- Double-click on the picture.
The Picture Format dialogue box will appear:

- Edit the X Scale (width) and Y Scale (height) from 10% to
999% or
- Click on the picture to select it.
- Move the pointer over one of the edges or corner of the picture frame.
The pointer changes into a double or four headed arrow indicating you can move
the frame edges or corner.
- 3 Drag Adjust to change the scale of the picture. Hold down
Shift to maintain the original proportions when dragging in the corner.
Cropping a picture
The edges of the picture frame can be moved in and out so you can see more or
less of the picture. They can also be moved out to form a white space around
the picture.
- Click on the picture to select it.
- Move the pointer over one of the edges or corner of the picture frame.
The pointer changes into a double or four headed arrow indicating you can move
the frame edges or corner.

- 3 Drag Select to move the margin in or out to its new position. Hold
down Shift to maintain the original proportions when dragging in the
corner or
1 Double-click on the picture to open the Picture Format dialogue box.
2 Edit the crop values.
Use positive values to crop, negative values to create white space.
Figures

Figures exist to enable a caption to be associated with another element,
normally a picture. It acts as a single unit in a document which will always
stay on the same page or column.
Figure body
The figure body can be:
- A picture.
- A table.
Figure caption
The figure caption can be:
- A single paragraph.
- A list (remove the bullets to have multiple paragraphs).
- A picture.
The caption can be positioned below, above, to the left or right of the picture.
To create a figure
- Click on the Figure button or choose Figure from the
Structure menu (Ctrl-Shift-F7).
- Click in the figure body and drag in a Picture or paste in a Table.
- Click in the caption and:
- Type a caption or drag in or paste some text.
- Start a list or drag in or paste a list.
- Drag in or paste a picture.
or
- Select a picture or table, and a paragraph or list.
- Click on the Figure button or choose Figure from the
Structure menu (Ctrl-Shift-F7).
To reformat a figure
- Select the figure and click on the Style indicator or choose
Change... from the Format menu.
- Click on the caption position icon.
- With the figure selected adjust the markers on the ruler.
- Select the caption and adjust its alignment.
- Select the body and adjust its alignment.
To remove a figure
- Select the figure.
- Press Delete or Backspace.
Note: it is not enough to click in the picture part of the figure - the figure
itself must be selected as indicated in the Selection indicator.
OLE
If you hold down Ctrl and Double-click on a picture the
application that created it will be launched.
Edit the picture and when you save it the EasiWriter document will be updated.
- Hold down Ctrl and Double-click on the picture - the
application that created it will be launched.
- Make the required changes.
- Save the picture - the EasiWriter document will be updated automatically.
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