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    Writer Tip: Working With Images

    For those of you who frequently include images in your blog posts and find that you often apply the same settings, there is a convenient feature in Writer that enables you to save those settings as the defaults for all future images. 

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    How it works

    • First, inset an image. 
    • Then apply the settings to the image so it look the way you want (for example: change the text wrapping to "Right" and apply the "Photopaper" border).
    • Then click on the "Save settings as default" link at the bottom of the Image Properties sidebar (as shown on the right).

    Now, the next time you insert an image it will be using the settings that you just saved following the steps above.

    Settings that get saved

    Not all settings get saved when you use this feature.  Settings that will be saved are:

    • Text wrapping
    • Margins
    • Borders
    • Link to
    • Image size
    • Watermark effect

    Defaults per blog account

    The defaults are saved uniquely for each blog account.  That means if you have Writer configured to multiple blog accounts you can specify settings for images that are unique to each account. 

    Revert to default settings

    And for those of you who tend to get a little crazy formatting your images and take it a little to far, it's easy to wipe the slate clean and start over by clicking "Revert to default settings" at the bottom on the Image Properties sidebar.  This will remove any changes that you've applied to the image and set it back to whatever the images defaults are for that account.

    Get back to the defaults that came with Writer

    If you changed the image setting defaults for your account and want to change them back to the defaults used by Writer do the following:

    • Set "Text wrapping" to "Left"
    • Set "Margins" to "No Margins"
    • Set "Borders" to "Drop Shadow"
    • Set "Link to" to "Source"
    • Set "Image size" to "Small"
    • Remove any watermark effects
    • Click "Save settings as default"
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