Link a page image to an article

Build 1501 on 14/Nov/2017  This topic last edited on: 17/Mar/2016, at 16:48

These steps are to be performed on a page, opened on the Pages main tab in Fred4.

Click to toggle expandIf a picture is already on page, but not linked to any article

Select a image and its caption (if any) and then press L, or click the link icon.
Click to toggle expandIf a picture is already in the article, but not linked to a page

Place a image over selected body columns

Select as many body columns as you want the image spans over, right-click, point to Add and then select Image. An alternative is to use the Photo icon in the Article Frames toolbar.

This will place the image over specified columns, with auto-calculated height.

If your preferences enable auto-insertion of caption frame (Edit > Preferences > Extra > Added Objects > Add automatically when creating placeholder, the caption is added below the image.

Place a image in a manually drawn placeholder

Press I to draw a placeholder, and then press L or click the link icon.

If your preferences enable auto-insertion of caption frame (Edit > Preferences > Extra > Added Objects > Add automatically when creating placeholder, the caption is added below the image.
Click to toggle expandIf a picture is not in the article

Place a image over selected body columns

Select as many body columns as you want the image spans over, right-click, point to Add and then select Image. An alternative is to use the Photo icon in the Article Frames toolbar.

This will place the image over specified columns, with auto-calculated height.

If your preferences enable auto-insertion of caption frame (Edit > Preferences > Extra > Added Objects > Add automatically when creating placeholder, the caption is added below the image.

Press L or click the link icon to link the placeholder, that turns into a dummy image.

Place a image in a manually drawn placeholder

Press I to draw a placeholder, and then press L or click the link icon.

If your preferences enable auto-insertion of caption frame (Edit > Preferences > Extra > Added Objects > Add automatically when creating placeholder, the caption is added below the image.

Press L or click the link icon to link the placeholder, that turns into a dummy image.

See also

Replace a image linked to an article