Screenshots/Images in Posts


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I see people post screenshots and other images within their posts rather than as attachments to posts all the time, but I only recently ran into a situation where I had to do that myself. When I did, I couldn't figure out how. Using the attachment feature just uploads an attachment link, I can't copy and paste from a file because the paste option is ghosted in the browser, and the FAQ that people keep telling me to refer to for forum feature/use related questions seems to be silent on the issue (at least based on the table of contents). How do I do this?

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Hate to say it, you may need another browser, if that one doesn't allow you to paste.

I'll give you this once, since uploading isn't covered in the FAQ.

[img]http://URLIMAGE.com/image.jpg[/img]

or go to ADD REPLY > Attachments, Browse and upload. But first you need to print screen, or find a previously saved image. Google how to print screen if you don't know

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After you upload the file, click on the little box above the upload box, the one that says "Manage current attachments". You can then choose to insert the image using that.

I did that, it just inserted a little icon and a hypertext link.

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You can't post BMPs and expect them to show inline. Use JPG or GIF files.

When I do screen captures they save as bitmaps.

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Not if you change the Save as in mspaint to JPG when you save it.

post-420-1226812293_thumb.jpg

Normally that's what I would have done, but for some odd reason it wouldn't let me. My computer has been a little quirky lately.

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Empty your IE cache.

But I never use IE, except to manually got to Windows Update, besides my cache cleaner cleans it up routinely.

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I've seen XP systems missing PNG output and such. Paint uses GDI+ encoders to save in the proper format, if they're missing or somehow corrupted Paint won't be able to save in those formats.

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Sorry, wrong glitch. But if you don't have JPG as a choice in Paint, you're running Windows 95.

Woops my bad, apparently I missed it, it's there. I'm on XP though.

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Try again with a JPG.

Well I would except I found (well stumbled on would be more accurate) a workaround for the problem I was having so I deleted the screen shots. But I'll do it in a post preview and see if it works. How come I can't do it in a reply post?

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Well I would except I found (well stumbled on would be more accurate) a workaround for the problem I was having so I deleted the screen shots. But I'll do it in a post preview and see if it works. How come I can't do it in a reply post?

Your doing it wrong. If you ever need help, i suggest searching google for all your problems, since there is so many problems you seem to have with Forums...

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:rofl:

Ever tried this?

Ps. If something works in a post preview it normally works in the normal post as well. Both "things" are exactly the same except that in the first you only preview the post.

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:rofl:

Ever tried this?

Ps. If something works in a post preview it normally works in the normal post as well. Both "things" are exactly the same except that in the first you only preview the post.

I know that.

Ok this time i got the attachment box but I didn't last time I tried to.

Second, I got it put them inline using jpeg. Problem solved.

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