Pictures toolbar

You can quickly change the appearance of pictures by using the Pictures toolbar. The toolbar also provides buttons that enable you to add or modify hotspots on an image.

Pictures toolbar buttons

Use this	To do this
Insert Picture From File button	Insert a picture or replace a selected picture with a new picture. For more information, see Using images in a website.
Auto Thumbnail button	Generate a smaller version of your selected picture and add a hyperlink to the original full-size picture. For more information, see Create a thumbnail picture.
Bring Forward button	Increase the picture's z-index value, which determines a picture's order on the z-axis of the page and sets the picture's position to absolute.
Send Backward button	Decrease the picture's z-index value, which determines a picture's order on the z-axis of the page and sets the picture's position to absolute.
Rotate Left 90°	Rotate a picture by 90° counterclockwise (left).
Rotate Right 90° button	Rotate a picture by 90° clockwise (right).
Flip Horizontal button	Flip a picture horizontally.
Flip Vertical button	Flip a picture vertically.
More Contrast button	Increase the contrast of a picture.
Less Contrast button	Decrease the contrast of a picture.
More Brightness button	Increase the brightness of a picture.
Less Brightness button	Decrease the brightness of a picture.
Crop button	Crop the picture. For more information, see Crop a picture.
Set Transparent Color button	Make a particular color in a picture transparent. For more information, see Create a transparent GIF.
Color button	Convert the colors in the picture to grayscale or give the picture a washed out look.
Bevel button	Apply a beveled edge to all sides of the picture.
Resample button	Increase or decrease the pixel dimensions and physical file size of a picture.
Select button	Select hotspots on a picture. For more information, see Add or modify a hotspot.
Rectangular Hotspot button	Create hotspots on a picture. For more information, see Add or modify a hotspot.
Circular Hotspot button	Create hotspots on a picture. For more information, see Add or modify a hotspot.
Polygonal Hotspot button	Create hotspots on a picture. For more information, see Add or modify a hotspot.
Highlight Hotspots button	Highlight hotspots on a picture. For more information, see Add or modify a hotspot.

See also

Tasks

Create a thumbnail picture
Crop a picture
Create a transparent GIF
Change the appearance of a picture
Add or modify a hotspot

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