Saving Pictures to the Current Web

Anytime you insert, import or scan in new pictures, FrontPage adds the picture to the page, but doesn t necessarily save the picture file to the current web. To save pictures to the current Web, press Ctrl+S to save the page, and then use the Save Embedded Files dialog box to specify how you want FrontPage to handle the pictures you ve inserted, imported and scanned in.

You will then have the option of setting the picture file name, save folder, and picture file type ”or simply clicking OK to accept the default options. If you accept the default options, the pictures are saved to the base folder of the web using the original file name , and FrontPage will automatically convert the picture to either GIF or JPEG format as necessary. Pictures with 256 or fewer colors are converted to GIF. Pictures with more than 256 colors are converted to JPEG.

As Figure 7-3 shows, the Save Embedded Files dialog box displays files to save to the current web by name, folder location, and associated action. You can change the default options, using the options provided, including:

Figure 7-3: When you save pages with pictures that aren t in GIF or JPEG format, you ll see the Save Embedded Files dialog box, where you can accept or change the conversion settings.

• Rename Click the picture file name to select it, and then use Rename to change the file name of a selected picture.

• Change Folder Use Shift and Ctrl to select pictures, and then use Change Folder to select a new folder location for the selected pictures within the current web.

• Set Action Click the picture file name to select it, and then use Set Action to determine whether to save the picture to the web, or use the current file on disk.

• Picture File Type Click the picture file name to select it, and use Picture File Type to override the default conversion settings for pictures. You ll be able to specify whether the picture should use GIF, JPEG, PNG-8 or PNG-24 formatting, and each time you make a change, the Picture File Type dialog box is updated, so that you can see the new file name and approximate file size .