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You can add an image to a Web site page from two sources: from your computer or from the Image Gallery in Microsoft Office Live Small Business, which contains images that you have already uploaded to your account.

There are two ways to upload images to the Images Gallery: with the default image uploader, or with the Multiple Image Uploader, which you can install if you use Windows Internet Explorer. The Multiple Image Uploader makes it easier to upload images to the Image Gallery.

  Notes  

 Important   If you partially redirected a domain name to your Office Live Small Business account: Before you can make changes to your Web site after partial redirection, you must change the primary domain to your free Office Live Small Business domain that ends in .officelive.com. For more information, see Make changes to your Web site after partial redirection.

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Insert an image on a Web page

  1. On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
  2. In Page Manager, locate the page that you want to add an image to, and then click Edit.
  3. Place your cursor in the zone where you want to place your image.
  4. In Page Editor, on the actions bar, click Image, or, right-click and then select Insert Image from the right-click menu.
  5. In the Insert Image dialog box, you can insert images from your computer's hard drive or from the Image Gallery if you have uploaded images there.

    To select an image from your computer

    1. Select My computer.
    2. Click Browse for an image to locate the image on your computer's hard drive.
    3. Select the image, and then click Open.
    4. Select the Optimize my image check box if you want to optimize your image for Web site viewing.

       Note   If you select this option, the image is converted to JPG if it is not already in this format, and the JPG conversion quality level is set to 100 percent. The image is resized to a maximum of 640 pixels, maintaining its aspect ratio. These changes to the image will help it load faster on Web browsers.

    5. Click Insert image.

    To select an image you have uploaded to the Image Gallery

    1. Select My uploaded images. You can only do so if you have previously uploaded at least one image to the Image Gallery. The number of images you have uploaded there appears to the right of this option.
    2. Click the image that you want to upload, and then click Insert image. Alternately, you can double-click the image to insert it.

      3.  Note   The My uploaded images page shows a maximum of 24 images per page. To view additional images, click the page numbers at the bottom right corner of the page.

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Replace an image on a Web page

To replace an image that you have inserted on a Web page, do the following:

  1. On the Web page, right-click the image, and then select Replace image. This opens the Insert Image dialog box.
  2. Select a new image from your computer's hard drive or the Image Gallery, and then click Insert image.

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Remove an image from a Web page

To remove an image that was inserted on a Web page, do the following:

  1. On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
  2. In Page Manager, next to the page in which the image appears, click Edit.
  3. In Page Editor, right-click the image you want to remove, and then click Delete.
  4. Click Save. All changes are published to your Web site immediately.

 Note   If you delete an image you inserted from the Image Gallery, deleting the image on the Web page does not delete it from the Image Gallery.

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Upload images to the Image Gallery using the default image uploader

  1. On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
  2. In Page Manager, on the left navigation bar, click Image Gallery.
  3. On the actions bar, click Upload.
  4. Click Select Image.
  5. Select the image, and then click Open.
    • Repeat steps 4 and 5 to select other images to upload.

       Note   To optimize the images you selected for faster loading, select the Optimize my image check box. All of the images selected for uploading will be optimized.

    • Click Upload.
    • Click OK, and then click Close.

 Note   If you choose to optimize your images, they will load faster. You can also use photo editing software to convert your high-resolution images to JPEG files not larger than 800 x 800 pixels before you upload them to the Image Gallery.

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Upload images to the Image Gallery using the Multiple Image Uploader

If you use Internet Explorer as your Web browser, you can use the Multiple Image Uploader, which makes it easier to add images to the Image Gallery. This requires the installation of a Microsoft ActiveX control.

 Note   ActiveX controls are small programs that are used on the Internet. If you use Internet Explorer on a computer running Microsoft Windows, you can install an ActiveX control that allows your computer to use the Multiple Image Uploader program. ActiveX controls that come from trusted Web sites, such as Office Live Small Business, are safe to run on your computer. But you should never run an ActiveX control from a Web site that you don't know and trust.

Download the Multiple Image Uploader

To download the Multiple Image Uploader, you must be connected to the Internet and logged on to your local computer with administrator privileges.

  1. On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
  2. In Page Manager, on the left navigation bar, click Image Gallery.
  3. In the Image Gallery, on the actions bar, click Upload.
  4. In the Image Uploader box, click Learn more at the bottom of the box. A new window opens and prompts you to download the Multiple Image Uploader.
  5. In the new window, click Get it now.
  6. In the File Download Security Warning box, click Run.
  7. In the Internet Explorer Security Warning box, click Run.
  8. Follow the directions in the Microsoft Office Live Small Business Image Uploader Setup Wizard.

     Note   After the Setup Wizard has finished, you may be prompted to enter the administrator's credentials or you may have to click Continue to proceed with the installation.

  9. If a yellow information bar appears at the top of the screen, right-click it, and do one of the following:
    • If you use Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, select Install ActiveX Control.
    • If you use Windows Vista, select Run Add-on.
  10. In the Internet Explorer Security Warning box, click Install.

Upload images to the Image Gallery

  1. On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
  2. In Page Manager, on the left navigation bar, click Image Gallery.
  3. In the Image Gallery, on the actions bar, click Upload.
  4. In the Multiple Image Uploader, in the left pane, navigate to the folder containing the images that you want to upload. All of the images in the folder appear in the right pane.
  5. Select the check box next to each image that you want to upload, and then click Upload Now.

 Note   To ensure that your Web site pages open quickly for visitors, your images are converted to JPEG files (if they are not already in this format) and resized to 640 pixels, maintaining the aspect ratio, when you upload them to the Image Gallery. For high-resolution images, such as those taken by digital cameras, converting and resizing your images may result in some graininess. To avoid grainy images, we recommend that you use photo editing software to convert your high-resolution images to JPEG files before you upload them to the Image Gallery.

Remove an image from the Image Gallery

 Note   When you remove an image from the Image Gallery, it is also removed from your Web site.

  1. On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
  2. In Page Manager, on the left navigation bar, click Image Gallery.
  3. In the Image Gallery, select the check box for the image that you want to delete.
  4. On the actions bar, click Delete.

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Edit an image before uploading it using the Edit Photos tool

The best time to edit images is before you upload them to a Web page. The Edit Photos tool in the Multiple Image Uploader gives you a wide range of choices for editing and customizing your images.

 Note   This feature is only available if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or Windows Internet Explorer 7 as your Web browser and you have installed the Multiple Image Uploader.

  1. On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
  2. In Page Manager, on the left navigation bar, click Image Gallery.
  3. In the Image Gallery, on the actions bar, click Upload. The Multiple Image Uploader opens in a new window.
  4. In the Multiple Image Uploader, on the left pane, navigate to the folder containing the image that you want to upload, and then click the folder. All of the images in the folder appear in the right pane.
  5. Select the check box next to the images that you want to edit, and then click Edit Photos.
  6. In the Edit Photos tool, you can do any of the following:
    • Previous/Next  Use the Previous and Next buttons to move between images on your thumbnail page.
    • Zoom  Use the magnifiers to enlarge or reduce the size of your image. Click in a very large image to move it around.
    • Rotate  Use the arrows to rotate your image 90 degrees to the left or right.
    • Contrast  Use the contrast buttons to increase or decrease your image's contrast.
    • Brightness  Use the brightness buttons to increase or decrease your image's brightness.
    • Crop  Use the crop tool to remove unwanted parts of your image.
    • Reset Photo  Use the Reset Photo button to undo the changes that you've made to the image.
  7. Click Upload Now to add the revised images to your Image Gallery.

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Resize an image on a Web page

We recommend that you resize images before you upload them to a Web page. See Edit an image before uploading it using the Edit Photos tool.

For more control over image size, you can also add images using the HTML module. See Add HTML to your Web pages.

Follow these instructions to resize a image after it is inserted on a Web page:

  1. On the Office Live Small Business Home page, at the top, click Web Site.
  2. In Page Manager, next to the page in which the image appears, click Edit.
  3. In Page Editor, in the image, click one time to select it. Eight anchor tags appear.
  4. Place your pointer over one of the anchor tags until it turns into a two-way arrow, click, and then drag the image to resize it.
  5. Click outside the image to apply your changes.
  6. Click Save. All modifications are published to your Web site immediately after you save them.

    7.  Note   Your image may appear distorted if you do not modify the height and width proportionally.

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Wrap text around an image

You can decide how you want to position the image relative to the text on a page. To select the option that you want, right-click the image on the page, and then select one of the following:

After you have set the position of the text around your image, click Save. All modifications are published to your Web site immediately after you save them.

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Optimize images for search

The images you add to your site can help your Web pages appear in search results if you follow a few guidelines related to image naming:

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