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Author Message   Richard Treacy Grand Master Username: richard_treacy Post Number: 954 Registered: 4-2003 Posted on Thursday, 26 January, 2006 - 04:27:    If a thread looks to be becoming overloaded with images, there is a simple solution. You can always save the file as a PDF (*.pdf) or WORD (*.doc) file etc, and upload it using <Upload Attachment> to give the user the option to view it or not. Like this: Example.pdf (9.5 k) Example.doc (27.6 k)   Richard Treacy Grand Master Username: richard_treacy Post Number: 956 Registered: 4-2003 Posted on Thursday, 26 January, 2006 - 21:47:    The steps to prepare graphics in Word (*.doc) in case you cannot prepare PDF files are: Prepare the graphic in the normal manner for posting. That means: Size the graphic in your picture editor to be between 200 and 640 pixels wide, and maximimum 480 pixels high, and maximum 100kb file size. Now the simple part to prepare an uploadable file: Open a new word document and add the graphic. Depending upon your software, it will be roughly <Insert><Graphic><From File> and select your graphic. Save the word file and post it to the message board. Continental T.doc (82.9 k) If you would rather post in PDF format, use the free software to generate PDF files available on: http://www.easymarketplace.de/freepdf-2.0.php?Area=SAPGenie Once downloaded, this outstanding software is for offline use and has no popups.   Chris Gillings Frequent User Username: chrisg Post Number: 34 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Friday, 27 January, 2006 - 16:36:    This is a test of a tweak of the Forum software. Small JPG Image hooper_window.jpg (7.7 k)   Chris Gillings Frequent User Username: chrisg Post Number: 35 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Friday, 27 January, 2006 - 16:37:    Now to see if JPGs are still handled inline. Ummm, no they don't anymore. (That's a GIF you're looking at.)   RR Forums Administrator Board Administrator Username: admin Post Number: 54 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, 27 January, 2006 - 16:44:    Thanks to everyone who has suggested solutions to this problem. It looks like we can have JPGs as inline images or attachments but not both. A future release of the Discus Forum software will address this problem but for now this is our only option. Personally I'd like to force them to be attachments, but for now I've restored the original behaviour. (Message edited by admin on January 27, 2006)   Patrick Lockyer. Grand Master Username: pat_lockyer Post Number: 518 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Friday, 27 January, 2006 - 17:09:    Admin sorry to put a spanner in the works but when i enlarge the test pix i loose the detail it becomes fuzzy. I and others have a prob on another forum putting pictures up so i send the write up in. I then send the admin the pictures and he then puts them up. Would this help in any way?   Patrick Lockyer. Grand Master Username: pat_lockyer Post Number: 519 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Friday, 27 January, 2006 - 18:24:    I think the prob on another forum was the type of photo programe used! So some of us that have probs send the pix to the admin.