How to Capture a Graphic on the Internet
to a Diskette
You must use a graphical Web browser for this purpose. It is often
best to capture graphics at image libraries that are set up for this purpose,
especially as these images are not under copyright. A good collection of
image libraries is located at Yahoo!:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Graphic_Design/Web_Page_Design_and_Layout/Graphics/Icons/
Graphics are files. What you are doing with this procedure is capturing
a file from a remote location to a diskette in your local PC. It is easiest
to capture the file onto a floppy diskette.
Before doing any of the following steps, place a diskette in the A drive.
There are three possibilities for capturing graphics. The procedure
you use depends on how the library site is set up.
A. Filename of the graphic is clickable
Some sites allow you to click on the filename of the graphic. In these
sites, the graphic may appear on the screen with a filename next to it.
In this case, here is the procedure:
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Click on the filename. This is actually a link which will call up a screen
on which the graphic will appear.
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Click on 'File' on the menu bar on the top left of the Netscape screen.
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Click on 'Save As'
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A window will open up. In the lower right hand corner, where you will see
"Drives," click on the down arrow. Then click on A to bring up the A drive
as the default.
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In the upper left hand corner of this window, you will see "File Name"
with a filename in the little window below. This is the name assigned to
the graphics file by its author. You can change the file name if you like.
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Click on OK. The file will save to your A drive.
B. Use the right mouse button over the graphic
Many sites display a collection of graphics without any file names available.
This requires a different technique.
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Aim your mouse arrow exactly over the graphic.
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Press down the RIGHT mouse button and hold it down. A small window will
open up.
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Slide down the mouse until you highlight the words, "Save this image as."
Let go of the mouse button.
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A window will open up. In the lower right hand corner, where you will see
"Drives," click on the down arrow. Then click on A to bring up the A drive
as the default.
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In the upper left hand corner of this window, you will see "File Name"
with a filename in the little window below. This is the name assigned to
the graphics file by its author. You can change the file name if you like.
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Click on OK. The file will save to your A drive.
C. Use the Netscape 2.0+ 'Document Info' feature
Netscape 2.0 and above allows you to locate the graphic file in the document
of which it is a part and bring it up on the screen. This option is available
for any Web page on which there is a graphic.
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In Netscape, click on "View" and then "Document Info."
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Locate the filename of the image that interests you. It will be a clickable
filename after the word "Image."
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Click on the filename. New information will load into a bottom frame on
your screen.
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Click on a) the filename at the top of the bottom frame, OR b) the image
itself at the bottom of the screen. The image will load into a separate
screen.
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Aim your mouse arrow exactly over the graphic.
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Press down the RIGHT mouse button and hold it down. A small window will
open up.
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Slide down the mouse until you highlight the words, "Save this image as."
Let go of the mouse button.
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A window will open up. In the lower right hand corner, where you will see
"Drives," click on the down arrow. Then click on A to bring up the A drive
as the default.
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In the upper left hand corner of this window, you will see "File Name"
with a filename in the little window below. This is the name assigned to
the graphics file by its author. You can change the file name if you like.
A large advantage of using the Document Source feature is its presentation
of the image dimensions. It is always a good idea to specify these dimensions
in your HTML, as the Web browser will reserve this space for the graphic
as it loads the page and the page will therefore load more quickly.
Your tag should look something like this:
<img alt="The University at Albany" src="images/logo.jpg"
width="504" height="90">
Laura Cohen | 4/98
lcohen@cnsvax.albany.edu