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How to add a picture

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New page: When you want to add a picture to an Akvopedia article, please follow these steps. ==Step 1 - Upload the picture== [[Image:UploadFile.png | thumb | right | 150px | 1. The Upload File butt...
When you want to add a picture to an Akvopedia article, please follow these steps.

==Step 1 - Upload the picture==
[[Image:UploadFile.png | thumb | right | 150px | 1. The Upload File button. Click on the picture for full size.]]

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<li>Click on 'Upload file' in the toolbox at the left side of this page (see figure 1).</li>
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[[Image:Browse.png | thumb | right | 150px | 2. The Browse button. Click on the picture for full size.]]
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<li>Click on 'Browse' to locate the picture on your computer (see figure 2). This will look different on a PC or a Mac. You can choose pictures with the following extensions: png, gif, jpg, jpeg. Please make sure that the pictures are not too large, preferably they should be about 150 kb.</li>
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[[Image:SelectPicture.png | thumb | right | 150px | 3. The Open button. Click on the picture for full size.]]
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<li>Click on 'Open' to select the picture (see figure 3). This will look different on a PC or a Mac.</li>
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[[Image:DesiredName.png | thumb | right | 150px | 4. Desired name for the picture. Click on the picture for full size.]]
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<li>Enter the desired name for the picture (see figure 4).</li>
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[[Image:ShortDescription.png | thumb | right | 150px | 5. Entering a short description of the picture. Click on the picture for full size.]]
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<li>Enter a short description for the picture, including, for example, content, location, photographer, date, etc.(see figure 5)</li>
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[[Image:UploadButton.png | thumb | right | 150px | 6. The Upload file button. Click on the picture for full size.]]
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<li>Click on 'Upload file' to upload the file. (see figure 6)</li>
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The picture has now been uploaded in Akvopedia under the name you have provided, and is ready to be used.
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==Step 2 - Add a picture to an article==
[[Image:Rope-pump-women-well.jpg | thumb | right | 150px | Click the picture to see the full size.]]
All pictures in Akvopedia are placed on the right hand side of the text in a small format, with a short text describing the picture. When the picture is clicked, the full format is displayed.

To display the picture on the right-hand side, this text was used:<br> '''<nowiki>[[Image:Rope-pump-women-well.jpg | thumb | right | 150px | Click the picture to see the full size]]</nowiki>'''<br> You can copy and paste this text in the Akvopedia article you are editing, changing the image name and the picture description to correspond to your uploaded picture.
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