How to insert images and pictures in Gmail
How to insert images and pictures in Gmail
Easy way
Gmail is cool, really cool and I use it as my primary mail. I used to use other emails before but now I use gmail as my sole email. I even assess my office pop mail using gmail's pop collector. However, there are a few things that I like to see in gmail.1. You cannot insert images and pictures into gmail message. You can send them as an attachment but you cannot insert them into the message body.2. You cannot format the message using html. That is too bad.OK, they are too bad but you can still do these, and it is not difficult. Very easy indeed.To so these, first, open a google document. Write your message with message in it. Just write anything you want and insert any picture or image anywhere you want in the message. After you finish, just select the whole page and copy. Then go to gmail, open the compose window, and paste. Done! It is that easy.Now what if you want to do some html formatting? Go to google pages, create a new web page (no, you don't need to publish it), and do what ever you want. Then select all, copy and paste in gmail. Bingo!Hope you find it useful.
Difiicult way:)
Insert an Image Inline in Gmail
To add an inline image to an email you are composing in Gmail:
Make sure the image is located at a web server.
That means you can open the image in your browser and have an address line that starts with "http".
You can upload the image to your web host or use a graphic you found on the web (which you can use without violating any terms).
If you don't have a web site, turn to a free image hosting service instead.
If the image is larger than some 640x640 pixels, consider shrinking it to more handy proportions before you put it online.
Locate the image on the web site or open it directly in your browser.
If the image appears on a page together with other items:
Click on the image with the right mouse button.
Select View Image from the menu.
Hit Ctrl-A (Windows, Linux) or Command-A to highlight the image.
Hit Ctrl-C (Windows, Linux) or Command-C.
Make sure rich text editing is turned on in the Gmail message you are composing.
If you can see a Rich formatting » link above the editing area, click it.
Position the cursor in the Gmail message where you want the image to appear.
Hit Ctrl-V (Windows, Linux) or Command-V.
If you use an image uploaded to a free image hosting service:
Click on the image.
Now click the Link button in the rich-text formatting toolbar.
Copy and paste the image's page address at the free image hosting service under To what URL should this link go?. If you uploaded the image to ImageShack, for example, you could link to "http://img.imageshack.us/my.php?image=example.jpg".
Click OK.
Continue composing the message.
If inserting an inline image does not work in your browser, try in Mozilla Firefox.
Easy way
Gmail is cool, really cool and I use it as my primary mail. I used to use other emails before but now I use gmail as my sole email. I even assess my office pop mail using gmail's pop collector. However, there are a few things that I like to see in gmail.1. You cannot insert images and pictures into gmail message. You can send them as an attachment but you cannot insert them into the message body.2. You cannot format the message using html. That is too bad.OK, they are too bad but you can still do these, and it is not difficult. Very easy indeed.To so these, first, open a google document. Write your message with message in it. Just write anything you want and insert any picture or image anywhere you want in the message. After you finish, just select the whole page and copy. Then go to gmail, open the compose window, and paste. Done! It is that easy.Now what if you want to do some html formatting? Go to google pages, create a new web page (no, you don't need to publish it), and do what ever you want. Then select all, copy and paste in gmail. Bingo!Hope you find it useful.
Difiicult way:)
Insert an Image Inline in Gmail
To add an inline image to an email you are composing in Gmail:
Make sure the image is located at a web server.
That means you can open the image in your browser and have an address line that starts with "http".
You can upload the image to your web host or use a graphic you found on the web (which you can use without violating any terms).
If you don't have a web site, turn to a free image hosting service instead.
If the image is larger than some 640x640 pixels, consider shrinking it to more handy proportions before you put it online.
Locate the image on the web site or open it directly in your browser.
If the image appears on a page together with other items:
Click on the image with the right mouse button.
Select View Image from the menu.
Hit Ctrl-A (Windows, Linux) or Command-A to highlight the image.
Hit Ctrl-C (Windows, Linux) or Command-C.
Make sure rich text editing is turned on in the Gmail message you are composing.
If you can see a Rich formatting » link above the editing area, click it.
Position the cursor in the Gmail message where you want the image to appear.
Hit Ctrl-V (Windows, Linux) or Command-V.
If you use an image uploaded to a free image hosting service:
Click on the image.
Now click the Link button in the rich-text formatting toolbar.
Copy and paste the image's page address at the free image hosting service under To what URL should this link go?. If you uploaded the image to ImageShack, for example, you could link to "http://img.imageshack.us/my.php?image=example.jpg".
Click OK.
Continue composing the message.
If inserting an inline image does not work in your browser, try in Mozilla Firefox.
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