Format an image

When working with images in the Oxygen-based editor, you can format image attributes like height, width, and scaling.

Tips and tricks

You can also format PDF files which work like images. Follow the steps in Format an inserted PDF image.
You can format external images.

To format an image:

From the top menu click Components.
Navigate to the DITA topic that includes the image you want to format.
Right-click the topic and select Edit...
In the Editor pane, click the thumbnail for the image you want to format. Make sure the class attribute has a value of topic/image.
Oxygen supports the following formats:
- EPS (The Encapsulated Post Script graphic only displays in Oxygen when the graphic was created with a preview in the source application. For example, Adobe Illustrator.)
- BMP
- GIF (animations not supported yet)
- JPG, JPEG
- PNG
- SVG, WMF
- TIFF
In the Attributes pane, click Add Attribute and select how you want to format the image.
The following attributes are unique to images:
In Value, enter text you want to use to define the attribute.
Click Add.
n the toolbar, do one of the following:
- To save your changes locally and keep working in the document in Oxygen, click Save.
- To save your changes to the database and close the document, click Save and Submit.