Insert a new image

You can import a new image into the Content Store and insert it at the cursor position in your topic.

1. Lock your topic and place your cursor in the location where you want to insert the image.
2. Choose one of the following actions:
   • Press CTRL+ALT+I.
   • On the Document Creation toolbar, click .
   • From the menu bar, select IXIA CCMS > Create Image.
   The Show/Edit Image dialog appears.
3. Optional: Conduct a search to confirm the image does not already exist in the database, using object metadata from the image's description field.
4. In the Title box, type a title for the image object.
   Titles do not need to be unique.
5. In the Description box, type a description of the object which can be useful to identify the image in a search.
   This information becomes part of the file metadata. Enter all the keywords that you think may be useful when you want to search for the file.
6. In the Image Type list, select the type of image being imported. The types displayed depend on what is configured in your deployment.
7. If the image contains text that requires localization, select Needs Translation.
   Note: If you did not select Needs Translation, then when the map goes into the Localization cycle, the image is automatically given the status of Localization:review or its equivalent in your workflow.
8. In the Language list, click the language used in the image.
9. In the Images area, select a Format name.

   Format names represent the different graphic formats or resolutions that your system uses with different types of output. The format names displayed vary according to how your system is configured.

   Note: A line with no image details, such as Mime Type, Width, or Height, indicates there is no image in the repository for that format.

   
10. Click Import.
    The Open dialog appears.
11. Browse to the required image, select it, and click Open.
    Tip: You can configure a default import directory where the Open dialog will go automatically by configuring the Import Export options in Preferences.
    The Show/Edit Image dialog reappears. The Images area displays the new image's Mime type, Width, and Height, and the image itself is previewed at the side.
12. Repeat the import process for the different formats you need for that image.
    Once an image has been imported into the repository for a specific format name, that line displays in green to indicate that this is a new image. The default image is displayed in bold.

    

13. Select the image format that you want to use as the default and click Set as Default.
    This is the image that will appear in the Preview view. It is also the image that will be substituted if the Output Generator cannot find the format specified by a transformation template.
14. In the Labels pane, click Select to add labels.
    The labels that you select are listed in the Labels pane.
15. If you want to insert the image into the topic currently open in the XML editor, select the Insert image at the cursor position checkbox.

    The checkbox is available and selected by default when a topic is open and locked in the XML editor. If the Insert image at the cursor position checkbox is not selected, the image object will be created in the Content Store, but not inserted into a topic.

16. Optional: To save the settings you have selected for Language and Image Type, click Save Settings.
    Your selections are saved and used as the default values in the Show/Edit Image dialog.
17. Click OK.